Auto Focus To Object?

[JackMcRip]

Is there a way to use Camera -> Object -> Focus Object to use for autofocus octane camera?

I have first tries with the demo and thinking about to buy Octane 2 + C4D Plugin.

I want to autofocus to a object or null object or so...

[aoktar]

disable autofocus in tag and let the focus distance=0, then put your object as target in camera.

[cheeseburger]

Hi !
Does any body know how to succesfully animate this? It seems to stick and not animate .... Help

[slepy8]

what exactly would you like to animate?

[cheeseburger]

Hi !,
I'd like to animate the focal distance with a ref object. I've already rigged the camera up to use a null as the focus distance and if I render out a stills from any of the null (and Focus) moving then it works, but if I try and render out an animation then it just sticks and doesn't move. Although I can see a dialogue box saying focal depth "of camera object", in the exporter ... It doesn't actually work.

Cheers

[aoktar]

It's not so difficult.

[cheeseburger]

Hi aoktar,
Thanks for posting ... may be my mistake ... I am using Cinema and an Octane exporter to export to Octane version 1.55.
I've downloaded your file but I think that it's for Octane for Cinema ?
I can't get it to work ...
Can you tell me if it's possible ?
The exporter says "Focal Depth ...of camera object" and it works for still images, but when I want to animate it just sticks ...

Thanks

[cheeseburger]

It's not so difficult.

Hi aoktar, are you using cinema and the exporter or Octane inside Cinema?
I am trying to export from Cinema and can't get this basic pro feature working ... Have you got this working with the exporter?
I really wanted to use this feature for most of my jobs ..

Thanks