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I have a number of layers strewn about in z space, and I want my foreground
layers in focus and my background layers out of focus. But for the life of
me I can't seem to find the right combo of aperture / focus-distance / blur
level. If I increase the aperture, some of my foreground layers go blurry.
If I lower it, everything in the background comes back into focus. I can't
seem to create a window that keeps the desired FG objects in focus while
throwing the BG objects out of focus.  I wonder if I'm using some
non-standard values, or perhaps i'm asking for something that's not
possible.

In this screenshot, I'd like all the orange X's in focus and all the green
circles out of focus:
http://i.imgur.com/g54hfxc.png

project:
http://bit.ly/11qnLnj

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I have a number of layers strewn about in z space, and I want my foreground=
 layers in focus and my background layers out of focus. But for the life of=
 me I can&#39;t seem to find the right combo of aperture / focus-distance /=
 blur level. If I increase the aperture, some of my foreground layers go bl=
urry. If I lower it, everything in the background comes back into focus. I =
can&#39;t seem to create a window that keeps the desired FG objects in focu=
s while throwing the BG objects out of focus.=A0 I wonder if I&#39;m using =
some non-standard values, or perhaps i&#39;m asking for something that&#39;=
s not possible.<br>

<div class=3D"gmail_quote">
<br>In this screenshot, I&#39;d like all the orange X&#39;s in focus and al=
l the green circles out of focus:<br><a href=3D"http://i.imgur.com/g54hfxc.=
png" target=3D"_blank">http://i.imgur.com/g54hfxc.png</a><br><br>project:<b=
r>

<a href=3D"http://bit.ly/11qnLnj" target=3D"_blank">http://bit.ly/11qnLnj</=
a><br>
</div><br>

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