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New DOF control

Excellent feature!!!

weeeeeee !!!

Would it be possible to structure the updated DOF control to correspond with a film camera's focal length & aperture? It would make life so much easier for folks like me with photographic / cinematographer backgrounds.

For those wondering why I ask: The lower the fstop number, the shallower the depth of field. The longer the focal length, the shallower the depth of field. For example, an f stop of f1.4 & focal length of 200mm = a very shallow DOF (nice blurry background) whereas an fstop of f16 = very sharp focus. This doesn't necessarily have to tie into exposure either, even though aperture does affect exposure in the physical world. Perhaps 2 separate camera like controls, one for exposure & one for DOF (who says we can't cheat a little bit? LOL)

elwisoroarke wrote:Would it be possible to structure the updated DOF control to correspond with a film camera's focal length & aperture? It would make life so much easier for folks like me with photographic / cinematographer backgrounds.

For those wondering why I ask: The lower the fstop number, the shallower the depth of field. The longer the focal length, the shallower the depth of field. For example, an f stop of f1.4 & focal length of 200mm = a very shallow DOF (nice blurry background) whereas an fstop of f16 = very sharp focus. This doesn't necessarily have to tie into exposure either, even though aperture does affect exposure in the physical world. Perhaps 2 separate camera like controls, one for exposure & one for DOF (who says we can't cheat a little bit? LOL)

Idea was to separate exposure and aperture settings. Currently you can change exposure without render restart. If exposure will affect aperture it will restart render too.

More renders

Really nice!
Can't wait.

Suv

great news, thumbs up
ciao beppe

cant wait!!!

very good!
Karba, will the new feature include an option for custom or non-circular (custom blades) bokehs?