Return-Path: Received: from icp-osb-irony-out7.external.iinet.net.au ([203.59.1.224] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4964732 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:06:57 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAHJYDFF8q3kG/2dsb2JhbAANOBaCM3MBhCauLwGJNIMRAQEBAwF+CwsECTlXBhMZh3INBa8rgUuRfJBtYQOXNIR1hS+IH1oB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,579,1355068800"; d="scan'208,217";a="91795794" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.1.1.2]) ([124.171.121.6]) by icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 02 Feb 2013 08:12:07 +0800 From: Robert Davidson Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--795362117 Subject: Re: [AE] DOF range problem Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 11:12:07 +1100 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <0DE96EDA-3635-4E46-B77E-06B8D4E0939C@ozemail.com.au> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-1--795362117 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Are all the orange Xs within 100 pixels from the camera centre? That's your focus distance. Cheers, Rob On 02/02/2013, at 10:58 AM, scott.aelist wrote: > 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. >=20 > 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 >=20 > project: > http://bit.ly/11qnLnj >=20 Robert Davidson Multimedia Specialist 0419 211175 robdav@ozemail.com.au http://members.ozemail.com.au/~robdav/SiteRD/Welcome.html --Apple-Mail-1--795362117 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Are = all the orange Xs within 100 pixels from the camera centre?
That's = your focus distance.
Cheers, = Rob


On 02/02/2013, at 10:58 AM, = scott.aelist wrote:

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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