Attached Link: Left: Without DoF Right: With DoF (Judy in Jen's Garden)

Those of you with P5 have probably all noticed by now that there is a depth of field option in the Render Options menu. The only trouble is, there is no way to calculate just what to put in the Focal Distance field. I've solved that problem after wasting a lot of render time doing it by trial and error, then calculating it with a hand calculator and getting the formula garbled.

So finally, I got mad and wrote a little Windows program that calculates it correctly each time. It's in the marketplace now.

Depth of field can add to the natural feel of a render. I'm sure you've seen raytrace renders where everything is in stark focus (Bryce 3 is good at that!). By using mapped shadows, I can mitigate the effect, as seen in the left image, but there is still a certain "cluttered" feeling to the render. By implementing DoF (here it's with the F-stop set at 1.4 (vs. the 2.8 default) and the distance calculated by FDCalc to a ball placed about at Judy's chin, then deleted after the calculation, to be about 3.166 poser units.

Notice how the eye is drawn to the principal subject in the right hand render.

Is this in freestuff or for purchase. I haven't seen it?

The link takes you to the Marketplace. It's very reasonably priced. I wish I understood depth of field better.

Oh thanks dialyn, I missed that! :)

I didn't see it the first time either.

There's a bit of a tut in the readme (which you can read without buying the program).