Using render nodes to fake DOF in image files

womball · May 25, 2006, 12:13pm

Can you use render nodes to fake DOF in an image file? Is the Z-data there so that you can fake it? Or can you use alpha data to do it? I simply can not render at 3k resolution with CVS builds with blender nodes or without them. So I have to use an older build of blender, probably 2.41. Hopefully this will work. Please get back to me as soon as possible. This is for the Journey Begins contest which is over in 2 days.

z3r0_d · May 25, 2006, 7:51pm

have you see the zblur sequence plugin?

Enzoblue · May 25, 2006, 8:26pm

Or the deepblur sequence plugin?

womball · May 25, 2006, 9:44pm

Nope I haven’t seen either. Links?

Phrangkk · May 26, 2006, 5:49am

Maybe, I’m not sure what you are asking, but you can’t add dof to an image that has been saved out as a file (tga, jpg, etc.) unless you paint it in with gimp or whatever.

but nodes are great for doing post pro blur on a render.

womball · May 27, 2006, 8:52pm

I painted it in. Nodes weren’t very useful when your using 2.41 It ended up being more stable to use that. Some people like the hand painted result, some do not. Can’t really please everyone yet.