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tools:dofhelper [2019/11/24 16:36] lightwolftools:dofhelper [2020/03/02 16:17] (current) – [Allow Depth Picking] lightwolf
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-====== DoF Helper (WiP) ======+====== DoF Helper ======
  
 The DoF Helper is a Master plugins that helps in visualising and working with Depth of Field in Layout. The DoF Helper is a Master plugins that helps in visualising and working with Depth of Field in Layout.
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 If Focal Distance and/or Lens F-Stop are not animated, then changing the handles will edit the values directly. If they are animated, then the underlying envelopes will be changed depending on the state of the Auto Key setting in Layout. If Focal Distance and/or Lens F-Stop are not animated, then changing the handles will edit the values directly. If they are animated, then the underlying envelopes will be changed depending on the state of the Auto Key setting in Layout.
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
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 +{{ :tools:pasted:20191202-100321.png}}
 +If a camera is selected, an icon is displayed in the viewports to toggle DoF for the camera.
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 +In the camera view, a second icon is displayed to toggle focus selection by clicking on a mesh in the viewport.
 +----
 {{ :tools:pasted:20191124-143342.png}} {{ :tools:pasted:20191124-143342.png}}
 ===== Options ===== ===== Options =====
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 ==== Allow Depth Picking ==== ==== Allow Depth Picking ====
 This enables Depth Picking in the camera view, if the currently used camera is selected as well. This enables Depth Picking in the camera view, if the currently used camera is selected as well.
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 +Depth picking uses a ray casting function supplied by LightWave 3D. This uses an acceleration structure to speed things up, which needs to be created first.
 +For larger meshes, there may be a delay before the depth is picked for the first time. Subsequent picks will be very fast however.
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 +Also, the depth picking tries to be smart and only ray casts for the depth of items that are underneath the mouse position by using their bounding boxes first.
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 +==== Lock Focal Length ====
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 +Disables changing the focal length. This also removes the handle used to interactively change the focal length.
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 +==== Lock F-Stop ====
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 +Disables changing the F-Stop. This also removes the handles used to interactively change the F-Stop.
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 +==== Clamp Min. F-Stop / Clamp Max. F-Stop ====
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 +Limits the F-Stop. A limit can be either set for the minimum, the maximum or both values.
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 +===== Development Stream for November 2019 =====
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 +During the development stream for November 2019, an early version of this plugin was demonstrated.
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 +{{youtube>g6rHXCmGG48?medium&start=240}}
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 +[[https://www.patreon.com/dbw|{{  ::become_a_patron_button.png?nolink|}}]]
 +This is the plugin of the month for November 2019, made possible by the finest patrons on [[https://www.patreon.com/dbw|Patreon]].
  
  
tools/dofhelper.1574609802.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/11/24 16:36 by lightwolf