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JustinYounger wrote:No I mean instead of only a distance, we could plug in an object. Like the Focus Object in c4d's default camera. See screen shot attached.

aoktar wrote:

JustinYounger wrote:Would be nice to get an easy focal depth box that would drop in objects and have it stay focused on. Just like the Focus Object works in the regular camera.

Thanks Aoktar!

It's currently possible since first version. Just use camera's focus object and disable autofocus.

I say this. You?

aoktar wrote:

JustinYounger wrote:Would be nice to get an easy focal depth box that would drop in objects and have it stay focused on. Just like the Focus Object works in the regular camera.

Thanks Aoktar!

It's currently possible since first version. Just use camera's focus object and disable autofocus.

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Yes, thats it!

JustinYounger wrote: Yes, thats it!

I mean that's working. So?

aoktar wrote:

JustinYounger wrote: Yes, thats it!

I mean that's working. So?

Weird, I cant get it to work...

@Aoktar: I think Justin means the Focal Depth inside the tag:


So we'd need that value (Focal Depth) to be driven by the Camera Object's Focus Distance:



Currently it doesn't work like that and Focal Depth in the Octane cam tag doesn't change.

cheers
brasc

brasco wrote:@Aoktar: I think Justin means the Focal Depth inside the tag:


So we'd need that value (Focal Depth) to be driven by the Camera Object's Focus Distance:



Currently it doesn't work like that and Focal Depth in the Octane cam tag doesn't change.

cheers
brasc

It will cause deadlock, so not a good idea. If you leave Focal Depth=0, it will take the distance value from focus object. When you give any value this Tag will be active. Clear enough? Explained in manual also.

Thanks Aoktar,

So this can't work in realtime with in the LV? Having to change values or select and deselect the tag makes it less useful.

The ideal situation would be to move the camera and the focus object stay in focus as you move and also if you move the focus object it remains in focus.

cheers
brasc

brasco wrote:Thanks Aoktar,

So this can't work in realtime with in the LV? Having to change values or select and deselect the tag makes it less useful.

The ideal situation would be to move the camera and the focus object stay in focus as you move and also if you move the focus object it remains in focus.

cheers
brasc

Let's see the scene.

Thanks for the scene, I screen capped it to show you the issue:

Focal Depth issue

Can you see how it doesn't update as I scrub the timeline?

cheers
brasc

brasco wrote:Thanks for the scene, I screen capped it to show you the issue:

Focal Depth issue

Can you see how it doesn't update as I scrub the timeline?

cheers
brasc

Yes, same behaviour here. Sometimes works. I'll try to fix. But have lot of things to fix. Let's see when they will finish.