AutoDesk Smoke :: Getting Depth Of Field

Apr 27, 2011

Getting a depth of field result in Smoke 2012. A tutorial on this would be really beneficial for a new comer like me.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Use Depth Of Field

Jan 10, 2013

I'm looking at how depth of field works in Smoke Advanced 2012. Specifically, all in Smoke, ie generating a 3D caption and creating DoF in one BFX.

So this is the workflow I'm thinking...

I've made 3 captions in an Action node

I've created a Z-depth output

While looking at this I'm tweaking the camera clipping to get varying shades of grey.

1) In snapshot 6 I'm looking at standard output but the 'Far' caption is getting clipped even though it's inside the clipping range.

2)In Snapshot 8 you can see the connections in BFX, but there are severe artifacts on the defocus.

I couldn't find one of Grant's excellent blogs on this, only on scenes sourced from another system. Is there one?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Create Vectors In Depth Map Creation

Jun 20, 2013

I have a bunch of shots in which I have to place layers of smoke in z-depth.  I found out that there is a plugin system for Nuke called YUVSOFT which does this but the company will not release their plugins for small market jobs.  The depth maps don't have to be anything special or perfect.  I just don't want to have to spend days and days rotoing out a 30 or 40 layers per shot with Mocha.  Will the Motion Analysis node create the vectors to assist in depth map creation?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Unable To Change Bit Depth For Project

Jun 12, 2012

When setting up a new project, I'm unable to change the bit depth for the project. It's set to 8-bit and ghosted. The graphics render button has a selector but when clicked it doesn't bring up the drop down.

My guess is that it has something to do with my hardware configuration (read: I need to upgrade my GPU) .

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Resize Different Bit Depth Make Cfx Clip Not To Render

Mar 12, 2013

I'm inside cfx where at the end of my network , i attach resize and set bit depth to 10 bit. Then i create a cfx node. The cfx node now cannot be rendered. After finish rendering, it will be back to unrendered state. The project setting itself is set to 16 bit fp. If i set that resize using the same 16 bit , then cfx clip has no problem.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Laying Off To Tape / Every Clip Was Discarded / Max Depth / 1

Aug 14, 2012

I've been trying but I keep getting an error message that reads "Every Clip was Discarded: Max Depth:1"

I know the VTR is working because I was able to capture in Smoke.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Using Depth Of Filed Precess In Running Walk-through?

Jan 31, 2013

we are undergoing on an project with architectural walkthrough, we want to use depth of filed in the running walkthrough.

we rendered z depth file from max and output too for depth of filed process.but, we are now enable to get the effect of z dept in smoke 2013.

how to get an output using depth of filed or anything else..

its our running project so pls urgently provide feedback unless we have to composite through aftereffects only.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Axis And Field Rendering

Aug 14, 2012

I'm working with 1080i50 footage. Interlaced, upper field (F1). When I apply an Axis effect to a clip in the timeline an render that, the result is wrong.

I'm not sure what exactly it is. Either the fields are inverted or somehow 'melted' into one frame. In the Axis editor the Interlaced/Progressive switch is set to Interlaced. If I set it to Progressive the rendered result is ok.

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Photoshop :: Background With Depth Of Field

Jun 16, 2013

I took that picture earlier today. the problem is that the background looks to fake. like there no depth of field between the people and the background. i have attached another picture showing that there depth of field between the person face and the bricked background.

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Photoshop :: How To Create Depth Of Field

Jul 27, 2011

how to create "Depth of field" in photographs but the effect is not really what I want.In all of the tutorials they create two layer and blur one of them, then apply a mask and gradient it to create the effect of dof. This is not what I wan't because it does't make the scene gradually more blurry, it only creates an extremely blurry layer and applies it gradually.

So what I'm looking for is a filter or plugin that gradually increases the strength of a blur using a mask.

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Photoshop :: Depth Of Field Sequence

Feb 22, 2009

I just contacted Photomatix concerning this issue. They have developed the HDR plugin, which takes a series of bracketed exposures and picks the best portions of each to produce a composite of the best exposures for each area of the scene.

Now I want to find an equivalent program which accepts a sequence of images taken at varying hyperfocal distances in order to produce an image with a larger than expected depth of focus. The alternative would be simply to select the best, in-focus portions of each exposure and combine them for the desired result.

Photomatix thought that Photoshop CS4 has a capability in this regard.

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After Effects :: Depth Of Field With Particles?

May 6, 2013

I'm still learning after effects and having fun with it. I'm just curious about something. Is there a way to eliminate the depth of field with particles? Example: When I zoom out with the camera in CC particle world, the particle (energy wave I create) goes blurry. Is the depth of field a default option? Cause when I create a camera the depth of field is off.

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Photoshop Elements :: Depth Of Field Action?

Aug 27, 2012

Is there a depth of field tool in Elements 7.0 like there is in the newer elements 10?

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Photoshop :: Make A Photo Seem To Have Shorter Depth Of Field? 

Aug 29, 2012

Have you ever wanted to make a photo seem to have shorter depth of field?  Prior to Photoshop CS6 this was no small feat to achieve digitally and end up with a pleasing and visually believable result.
 
Photographers know that setting the aperture wide can change the mood of a shot completely.  Sometimes getting the DOF just right can make the difference between an "also ran snapshot" and an award winning photograph.
 
With today's smaller digital sensors - and even with big sensors if too small an aperture is available - sometimes we get an image that's exposed right, that's composed well, that's caught the moment.  More of it is sharp than we'd like, and the background or foreground is simply distracting.
 
Enter the new Photoshop CS6 blur filters.With the Tilt-Shift variant, one can progressively blur pixels based on a definable gradient/mask, so that we get that familiar progressive front-to-back blur change.
 
Armed with this powerful new capability, and with the subject masking/separation facilities we've had for a couple of versions now, this becomes possible:
 
1.  Separate subject from surroundings with a good mask - e.g., quick select, refine edge, make a new layer with just the parts you want to remain sharp showing on it.  A good mask isn't difficult to make any more!  Hide this layer when done.
 
2. Remove the subject, at least around the edges, from the background layer underneath, e.g., by selecting using the above mask, expanding the selection, and doing Content Aware Fill and/or Cloning.  This is important because in the subsequent blur operation we don't want parts of the sharp subject blurring into the background.  That just looks weird.
 
3. Use Photoshop CS6's Tilt-Shift Blur to visually shorten the DOF in the background layer, with the center point and unblurred region set to coincide with the position of the subject in the shot.  Adjust the settings to taste, which isn't as much of a crap shoot any more since the blurs actually update in real time on screen.
 
4.  Make the layer above visible, maybe do some things with the lighting (which is fairly easy, now that subject is separated from the background), and voila, a whole new feel to the photo.

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Photoshop :: To Increase Depth Of Field In Macro Photos

Jan 5, 2005

I understand that there is a method to increase Depth of Field for a static subject at reasonable magnification, (say a dragonfly at X1), by taking a number of pictures, each focussed at different points along the length of the image, and then combining in photoshop and possibly (?) blending.

Or would it be better to place them in layers and progressively erase the out of focus areas.

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Paint.NET :: How To Make Depth Of Field Effect From Photo

Oct 26, 2011

I found a video tutorial on how to make a depth of field effect from a photo. However, the video quality was so bad I couldn't even see what they were doing and clicking on.

Any process or where I can look for step by step instructions to achieve this effect?

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Photoshop Elements :: Depth Of Field In Guided Mode

Dec 30, 2012

I get black blobs whenever I drag my cursor to mark the area specified to be in focus. Am I missing a setting to make that blackened area invisible?  When I click "done" the part of the photograph to be in focus is still covered with black.

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Photoshop Elements :: Depth Of Field Tool - No Gradient Effect

Dec 1, 2013

The depth of field tool is not working in my copy of Elements 12. Trying to use "Simple" mode after having sucess using this on a friends computor. I can add blur but the gradient tool has no effect??

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Photoshop :: Difference Between Depth-field / Gaussian Blur And Orton Effect?

Mar 29, 2012

what's the difference between depth-of-field, Gaussian blur and Orton Effect. Never having seen Orton wedding pics, I'm not sure.

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Photoshop :: Does Shortening The Depth Of Field Increase Or Reduce The Visual Impact Of A Rendering

Oct 27, 2012

Photoshop's 3D rendering offers us the ability to create imagery that's virtually perfect. It even allows us to specify the depth of field, from infinite, to reasonably short.
 
My question to you is this:  Does shortening the depth of field increase or reduce the visual impact of a rendering? I offer these examples for you to judge: 
 
I can't quite decide which I like better.  The one that's sharp edge-to-edge seems a bit more like eye candy, but the one with the short DOF seems maybe more realistic.  On the other hand, blurring things always feels a bit like hiding imperfection, when in this case it's hiding perfection.

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Photoshop Elements :: Does Depth Of Field Effect Adversely Affect Cloning Tool

Dec 5, 2012

For whatever reason(s), after applying the 'Depth of Field' effect, the cloning tool no longer works properly. If I open another image, the tool works just fine but if I return to the image where the 'Depth of Field' was applied, the 'clone' no longer stays after the mouse button is released. That is, the effect seems to be temporarily applied under the brush and immediately disappears when the brush is moved or the mouse button is released?

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Photoshop Elements :: Depth Field - Whole Image Unblurs Even When Choose Small Area To Focus

Jan 17, 2013

When I use the gradient tool in simple depth field in photoshop element 10  my whole image unblurs even when I chose a smal area to focus. It used to work well before but for one reason or another, it stopped. I uninstalled my program and that didn't fix the problem.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Smoke And AJA Dual Stream Stereoscopic Output

Aug 29, 2013

I know that the AJA Kona 3 card has 2 outputs.  Can Smoke send one eye to one channel and the other eye to the other of the Kona 3 card?  Dual Stream output is what I am really getting at.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Smoke And Sub-blacks / Super-whites

Feb 26, 2013

Is there any way that Smoke can see/output sub-blacks and super whites? Can't find any way of seeing them on my scope, Smoke just clamps everything. It won't even see anything below zero in order for me to make a correction on it, everything seems to be clamped on import. I'm using ProRes HQ footage.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Best Plugin To Do Spline Warps In Smoke

Jan 16, 2014

What is the best plugin to do spline warps in smoke?(need something like the distort in flame) I notice revisionfx don't make a warper for smoke on mac. 

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Importing And Using Alpha Channels In Autodesk

Oct 2, 2012

I am experimenting with Smoke 2013 pre-trial and I am having issues with importing images and video with alpha channels.

1. If I have a layered Photoshop file or png with an alpha channel (a still frame lower third), I see that I can import it as a multi layered clip, but what is the best way to have it in the sequence to show up properly?

2. If I have a QuickTime in animation format or Pro Res4444 format with an embedded alpha, how can I import that file to show and cut it on a top layer to animate above my video?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Can Smoke Support OFX Architecture

Oct 18, 2012

Can Smoke support the OFX architecture?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Selections In Smoke As In Combustion?

Jul 10, 2012

Does Smoke have selection functionality similar to that of Combustion? As an example, you might want to selectively blur part of an image. In Combustion, you would draw a selection and then apply an operator above the selection to achieve this. I don't see a similar selection tool function in Smoke, but I imagine you could achieve the same effect by duplicating a layer and using a Gmask via the Wipe timeline FX.does Smoke not have a selection tool similar to Combustion?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Importing TWs To Smoke

Jan 10, 2014

Whats the dealing with importing TWs to Smoke? I have a show that's 70% keyframed with timewarps and need a way other then baking the effect to bring it into Smoke. It's comming from FCP7 and we have Automatic Duck but neither the XMLs or AAF bring anything other then the first speed of the clip. Any way to retain the keyframes?

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AutoCad :: Custom Field In Title Block To Display Autodesk Product Name

Mar 22, 2011

I would like to have a field in the title block that reports whether the drawing was created with Autocad or Civil 3D and also whether it was 2009 or 2011. The only system variable I found close was acadver but it doesn't distinguish between products.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Run Flame Over VPN

Oct 27, 2013

Is it possible to run Flame or Smoke over a VPN? I mean, is it possible to get a license over VPN?

Smoke 2013 Ext1
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OS X 10.8.5
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