Camera Object: Depth Of Field

Manual Reference Objects Scene Objects Camera Object

Depth Of Field

If you own the separately available Advanced Render module, then when you output a Depth multi-pass channel, the Depth Of Field settings described here are used rather than Advanced Render’s Depth Of Field settings. This is because Advanced Render’s depth of field is a post-effect, whereas these settings are part of the rendering process.

The Depth of Field settings enable you to specify which part of a picture will be out of focus. You have a choice of Front Blur or Rear Blur, depending on whether you require the objects at the front or the rear to be blurred. If neither Front Blur nor Rear Blur is enabled, all objects will be in focus.

Target Distance [0..10000000m]

Determines the distance from the camera at which objects are perfectly sharp. Depending on which blur options you’ve enabled (Front Blur and/or Rear Blur), the blur increases in front of and/or behind the target distance.

Use Target Object

Front Blur
Start [0..10000000m]
End [0..10000000m]
Rear Blur
Start [0..10000000m]
End [0..10000000m]

Figure 1: The relationship between Front Blur, Rear Blur and Target Distance.

The settings determine the distance from the camera to the front and to the rear of the scene at which objects will become completely out of focus.