Zblur & Blender 2.34

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Hi Guys,

i´ve got a problem with the new Blender and the Zblur plug-in.
I use it under WinXP with Intel CPU and ATI GPU.
With 2.34 it works correctly.
This are some Errors from the Command Line.
Error: input has no z-buffer
Red Screen, Black Screen.

I´ve change the zmin and the Focus in 10th steps fomr 0.11/0.1 to 0.91/0.9. But it doesn´t go to be better.

Anybody here with the same Problems ?

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It has something to do with the Autofocus button, and/or you have a value that is greater than expected so the error. Don’t remind what, no blender at hand to check. You should read the plugin documentation: IIRC, this error is explained within (the red screen).

There are also some tutorials that have been written on the topic. Make a search it has been dealed with a few months ago.

Sorry not being more helpful but I’m away from home and no blender for a few days from now on.

<edit> I posted in Blender General the following link for a french tutorial involving the z-blur plugin:
http://blender.free.fr/docs/didactic/zblur/zblur-1.htm
</edit>
Cheers,

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that plugin is awesome when it works, but it seems to me that it usually doesnt.

I will give the person who integrates this into blender a million dollars!

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I think you somewhat owe 1,000,000 $ to intrr then. Check his Blender Instinctive, it has integrated DOF effect. (intrr: please be kind enough for tipping me about 10% of these bucks :wink: )

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So, where do I send my bank account number to? :wink:

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Download this version (Last Modification Date: 2004-Nov-10 12:21) :
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~mein/blender/plugins/sequence/zblur/index.html

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why is DoF from instinctive not in the official build?

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why is DoF from instinctive not in the official build?

Because Intrr hasn’t been paid yet… Ha Ha Ha…

%<

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Even if I got paid, I wouldn’t be able to forcibly insert it into CVS against the will of the foundation :wink:

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I’m curious. Is the DOF in iBlender a better alternative than the zBlur plugin?

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I would definitely say so.

http://blender.instinctive.de/downloads/release/docs/dof.txt

No manual focus settings required, focus lag, integration into the render pipeline… definitely sounds better to me %|

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I was more interested in the differences in quality, as I understand that zBlur has some shortcomings in that respect.

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The blur code itself is the same as in the zblur plugin, so the visual result is the same.

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Thanks for clarifying. As you said, it’s still an improvement to have it integrated into iBlender:)

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In plus Z depth :wink: