DOF in Post

[glorybound]

What is the best way to apply DOF in PS? It is taking way too long, for me, in V-Ray. I have tried PS's lens blur; is there a better way? DOF Pro, which I used to own, doesn't work in PS 64 and I am not sure it was better than PS's lens blur, which is just okay.

[YoyoBoy]

I use this: http://www.frischluft.com/lenscare/index.php

Works quite nicely.

[YoyoBoy]

But in AE, I mean.

[glorybound]

I have seen that for After Effect, however I don't use AF, anymore.

[glorybound]

Cool, they have it for PS, too!

[Morne]

In VRay, if you use the shademap, you can apply the DOF in a few seconds. Same goes for Moblur. Last time I checked, the shademap only worked if you render on 1 pc and not on DR. But that was with VRay 2.4. They may have fixed it since then for DR. Can anybody confirm?

[glorybound]

I remember reading about shademap, but I could never figure it out.

[PixelJockey]

There is also DOF Pro by Richard Rosenman.

http://www.dofpro.com/

[glorybound]

But DOF Pro only works in PS 32 bit.

[Syclone1]

I havent tried DOF Pro but the site says that 4.0 supports win 32/64

[Syclone1]

also I havent had to do any DOF inside PS in a long time but will lens effects filter use the zdepth pass to create the DOF effect? Im thinking like AE does...

[val2]

You could download AutoDesk Composite 2014 (it's free) and use the zdepth pass. Composite is easy to use.

[glorybound]

that's how I have been doing it. but its not very good, at least not for me.

also I havent had to do any DOF inside PS in a long time but will lens effects filter use the zdepth pass to create the DOF effect? Im thinking like AE does...

[Pixelcon]

The native PS lens blur is horrid. Frischluft is awesome.

[glorybound]

I was able to use V-Ray lens blur without a huge hit in render times, so maybe I don't have to do it in post. I did download the Frischluft trial, however the button to use an image was grayed; I'll have to look into that.

The native PS lens blur is horrid. Frischluft is awesome.