Hi, in AE the best plug-in for DOF is from FRISCHLUFT. It's called LENSCARE. It comes out with two plugins, which one is "Depth Of Field" actually.
So, you render you DOF sequence or image out from Softimage. Import into AE (example with 2 layers): 1 layer (OFF visibility): DOF SEQ 2 layer ON: (composition with DIFFUSE, shadows, ao, etc, mixed togheter) Apply DepthOfField Frischluft to Layer 2, and set the plug-in to point at the layer with the DOF sequence. This is the enough basic procedure, because of course, up to your scene, maybe you need to split objects and so on. But for many cases it works pretty good. You can do almost the same with the CAMERA LENS BLUR effect already inside AE, instead of using the one from Frischluft, the procedure it's pratically the same, but it's damn slow. But you could try it, first, to see how it works. 2013/8/13 Nancy Jacobs <[email protected]> > Hi, > > Can anyone point me to a book or any other current information about depth > compositing (the output Softimage is capable of) in After Effects? Yes I > wish I had Nuke, or that Digital Fusion hadn't discontinued its low-end > product DFX. And I wish that Softimage put out rpf files, or something that > would contain depth info in the main file....and object info... > > It appears that depth compositing in After effects is a very messy > business anyway, so ANY advice, or pointers toward where I can learn this > Softimage/AE combo would be much appreciated. And plugins perhaps? I'm > stuck with AE. > > I would also like to use object ID info. I have not been able to find > enough information to be able to do any of this, and have been looking and > experimenting for days. AE documentation is sorely lacking. > > I would like to learn all this in some depth, please advise! > Thanks, > Nancy > -- ...superpositiviii...qualunque cosa accada!...
