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Depth of field: VRayPhysicalCamera - V-Ray Tutorial
From the course: V-Ray 2.0 for Maya Essential Training
Depth of field: VRayPhysicalCamera
When it comes to adding a photographic depth of field effect to our renders, there are a number of options available tools whilst rendering with V-Ray. In this video we will focus on using the V-Ray physical camera to create and control an in-rendered depth of field effect. Now when we're working to create these types of effects with the V-Ray physical camera, we really need to keep in mind the fact that choices we make, such as focal length for our lens, camera placement with regards to composition in the scene, the lighting and exposure settings that we use, all of these will affect how we create and control depth of field in our scene. We just need you to make note of the fact that any numeric values we work with in this video are specific to this scene and this shot. If you were not working with the Exercise Files, you will need to adopt the values you work with to the scale of your scene and to the type of the depth of field effect you're wanting to create. Now the first thing we…
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