Maya Q&A - Arnold Depth of Field

A really simple way of adding depth to your renders by blurring the background. Simple yet effective. I'll be setting up an automated way of making sure your focus is always in the right place.
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[@anmcopico4228]

Great , works perfectly , and adds an extraordinary look on my scene.

[@kiarajones2585]

thank you for the tutorial! this video was really helpful

[@yonesantana]

You're welcome!

[@yushin7391]

Quicker way to have the distance of the subject : Display > Heads up Display > objet details

[@yonesantana]

Yep, you can find the value really quickly that way. Do you know if there is a way to that value from the heads up display and wire it into the camera focal distance via a script? It would be cool if you could click on an object in the viewport and automatically focus on it.

[@yushin7391]

@@yonesantana Sorry i'm not expert in scripts 🤔 but that would be great !

[@zina2350]

Thanks so much for the wonderful tutorial!

[@yonesantana]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adamduma3565]

This is amazing. Thank you!!!

[@yonesantana]

Thanks for your kind words Adam

[@Nj86743]

I had tried this sometime ago and realized that the downside of this is that when u are dealing with huge asset and geometry it will result is very time consuming rendertimes.. its best to render zdepth and adjust it in compositing. Than rendering it along with the beauty pass. But the tutorial is really nicely presented.

[@yonesantana]

I fully agree. And mentioned the same process at the start of the video. However the question that came in was to do the depth of field directly in render. So ask and you shall receive :D

[@Evolutionadv]

Thank you for your valuable time :)

[@yonesantana]

Thanks for watching!

[@ArnoldVeeman]

Great explanation, yet seriously more time consuming than the workaround in for instance C4D!

[@khokonfx3621]

This is really inspiring! i would love to see a more in depth tutorial on that

[@yonesantana]

Thanks

[@GreenTea-Pose]

You mentioned adding dof in post, a tutorial on how to do that would be great!

[@yonesantana]

Yeah, it's one of the things that is easier to do in post. the method just depends in which program you wan to do your compositing.

[@photons30]

how to add a fall-off around the depth of field I want really heavy background but not around my target

[@maspriyou2b]

Hello can you help me I've checked the DOF checklist and there are no changes at render time.

[@CarlosSantos-qn8oc]

How can XGEN's beard, hair, and fur accompany a character's facial blendshape or squash and stretch?

[@grahamhiggins1816]

Could. you show how to do a depth map from Maya?

[@yonesantana]

I'll add that to my list, but no idea when I'll have time to make more videos :(

[@raghuchandra]

Hello Sir, can u make a complete Arnold Rendering Process for a Scene - Shader, Textures, Lighting, Rendering(All Passes) and Post-processing (Compositing final scene), That will be so much helpful... Thank you

[@yonesantana]

it does sound like a cool idea. Also I have no clue of when I'll be making new content, but thanks for watching