Faking Shallow DOF in Post

Anhar_Miah

Anhar_Miah

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Ok guys this may be an old tutorial or may have been posted before, I seached for this topic and it did not come up with any matches, if this has been posted before then please accept my aplogies in advanced othewise enjoy:

http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-b...cow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/dof/index.html

Its amazing and with the ability to track motion and apply a radial ramp you can do some really nice stuff (heck its never gonna be as good as the real deal but good enough)

Anhar
 
Camera Blur was introduced in AE7.

What I used to to pre-AE7 is to put an adjustment layer at the
top of the comp. Then add a gaussian blur to it. Then add an elliptical mask that subtracts the area that should stay unaffected. The mask should be fairly feathered as well. You can also add a little noise to get it closer to looking like a camera blur.

Then, you can move the mask as needed to keep things in or out of focus.

Still, it really is a "fake" way of doing it. I am very glad that Adobe finally added camera blur to AE.
 
AndrewKramer said:
Yeah thats a good one if I do say so myself.
; )

Andrew
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HA! Great to see you over here, Kramer!! These folks need all the help they can get!! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

:dankk2:

CaptM
 
graymachine said:
Camera Blur was introduced in AE7.

What I used to to pre-AE7 is to put an adjustment layer at the
top of the comp. Then add a gaussian blur to it. Then add an elliptical mask that subtracts the area that should stay unaffected. The mask should be fairly feathered as well. You can also add a little noise to get it closer to looking like a camera blur.

Then, you can move the mask as needed to keep things in or out of focus.

Still, it really is a "fake" way of doing it. I am very glad that Adobe finally added camera blur to AE.
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this is great! I am just searching for this method.
 
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