birdman67

Had a couple of hours to mess around with DOF and PS compositing..C&C welcome!

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	chairs_wire.jpg (192.0 KB, 72 views)

blowback

I think it works. But .... it's a fine line with dof

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Eric Sosa

well, yes, nice Gene....you should try withouth photoshop help, you already got the scene.

perhaps it's just me, I hate using photoshop after everysingle render.

blowback

I don't mind compositing .... sometimes you can achieve the same look quicker in photoshop / after effects than noodling in max.

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crazy homeless guy

the chair needs more poly's.

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birdman67

Thanks for the input...it was really just a quick exercise for me to take the render elements and composite in PS with the zdepth channel/lens blur filter. I've only recently started doing renders this way because it's definately quicker (at least for me) and it affords much more control than trying to get the 'perfect render' with Vray DOF, esp when on a tight deadline. I'm basically experimenting the Chris Nichol's compositing workflow posted here:http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...83883#poststop, except in PS.

craigball

looks cool.
can i ask a question
How do you get the focus affect you have in the first image it look really affective

birdman67

I took the render elements (color, diffuse filter, specular, raw GI, raw lighting, rawreflection) and composited them using blending modes in PS...hit it with the high pass filter for AA, then overlayed that on top. Once I got the image I wanted, I used the zdepth render element for DOF by applying it as a separate channel to the final image. Then, filter>blur>lens blur, using the zdepth channel as the source...tweaked some of the settings a bit to my liking and got this image.

Like I said before, it's really nothing new...I was just experimenting with compositing the render elements and using the zdepth for DOF. Someone mentioned rendering it straight out in Vray using DOF, and yes, that's fun too...but first of all it takes longer to render and you're stuck with what you get. I prefer using the lens blur filter in PS because it's quicker, it allows much more control of the final image, and it's easier/quicker to make any changes, at any time.

craigball

thanks for that really help full this is my Attempt http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/attach...3&d=1215502303

birdman67

Nice! How did you like doing it that way, post in PS?