Depth of Field in Vray Sketchup

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Finally, finally… with the help of Apiwat the DOF in Vray sketchup has been unlocked. Apiwat allowed me to share in my site his the making of his contemporary kitchen here.Nomeradona SketchUp VR: The Making: Contemporary Kitchen

But for me, the gem here is how his approach with DOF. Ver clear and I have tried it. it works. TO concentrate on the DOF tutorial, I made another blog entry HERE.
USing SKetchUP 8, and Vray SKetchup
Nomeradona SketchUp VR: Tutorial: Depth of Field (DOF) in Vray SketchUp8

Attached is my preliminary test.

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gReat!
and was that result achieved only with the phisical camera?
i used to understand it in past versions, but then the numbers stoped working, probably because of the changes from one version to the other, i lately i’ve been applying doff effect in photoshop, with the z depth channel, but it’s not as perfect as it used to be with vray.
gotta study this now :stuck_out_tongue:

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yeap you need to use vray physical camera.

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i am very happy with the dof using vray. im still cooking this one, you will like it.

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sure i will… i have one interior project coming soon, and i’m already hopping i can make some artistic shots using the dof.
thanks for your time.
by the way, how is it going with the camtasia studio?
have you tried it?
i think your blog would become a real gold mine with some of your teachings in video :wink:

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arqestevez. i have tried the camtasia. im liking it. I will surely put some video tutorials later. I tried one without sound.

I think it really needs lot of planning and preparation.

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Hi nomeradona I was looking at your youtube video and noticed that you had a lot of plugins on your top menu bar Im wondering if you could recommend any.
I use a few plugins UVtoolkit, Joint Push and Pull, Fredo Scale and a few others.

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hell yeah… it does need a lot of preparation.
although it’s much easier if you use your native language.
i’m a real fan of your tutorials. I´m actually thinking of another in wich i intend to give a quick explanation about the vray settings, but it’s gonna be in spanish hehe.
hey, i think that with all the followers that you have, you could easily find someone who would like to add subtitles :wink:
and yep, yo do have a lot of plugins… my interface is much more simple than yours…

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I normally use these scripts and plugins.

THose things you said are a must pluggins

1. Tools on Surface and Curviloft by Fredo, I used it often for organic shapes and skinning.
2. Use all the “Extrude Tools” by Tigs. These are a must for me.
3. “Weld” tool by rick wilson to create polylines.
4. Instant roof, instant grade by CHuck Vali
5. “Round Corner” by Fredo. This is a must for me to round my corners before rendering.
6. Shape Bender by Chris Fulmer.
7. Camera extension. THis will create a camera that you can actually measure.. very useful for Vray DOF
8. Projections by D.D Bur. I like this one for curtain and projecting my lines quickly.

Others

- Tube along path, or even cylinder to path
- Fur Maker, Ivy, Windowizer, Door maker, stair maker, cabinet maker, 1001 tools and house builder. (kinda shortcuts though for modelling)

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I agree completely with you arqestevez. I dont mind using English but of course with that “rather hard” FIlipino accent.

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Thanks nomeradona I look forward to trying out some of those plugins.

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are you asking about these toolbars Nomeradona SketchUp VR: SCF Power Toolbars and others