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Creating a depth-of-field effect

Creating a depth-of-field effect - Photoshop Tutorial

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Creating a depth-of-field effect

Now, even though Ryan did a great job of creating this hammerhead model, and we've done a very nice job of assigning materials and lighting the scene, the shark does not look like it's a real member of this photograph. And that's because it's just too sharply focused. If I zoom on in, he appears synthetic by comparison to the legs of the woman next door. And so, what we're going to do in this movie is create a little bit of blur by assigning a photo-realistic depth of field effect like this one here. So notice that the tail of the shark is out of focus. And then it comes in to focus as the shark gets close to the woman's legs. And now, she looks like she's in real danger. So lemme show you how that works. So, I'll go ahead and switch over to my image so far, and I'll double click on the thumbnail for the 3D layer to switch back over to the 3D panel which may already be up on screen for you. And I'll go ahead and click on current view to select the camera. Make sure that you've gone…

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