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Check out this new tutorial on how to control the depth of field effect in Photoshop or AE, using a depth map from Vray This short video tutorial takes users through the quick process of adding and tweaking the dof in post production, using Photoshop. http://jamiecardoso-mentalray.blogspot.com/2018/05/dof-control-depth-of-field-effect-in.html Using the dof (depth of field) directly in your 3d scene can at times be irreversible, when faced with a tight deadline. However, using a depth map (e.g. vrayzdepth, etc ) in post (Photoshop or After Effects) will provide you with the ultimate control to rectify any potential tweaks that might arise from last minute changes from a client. I hope you like it, and leave your comments below. Ta J

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For some reason the vray depth of field from within the render set up never works for me. I'd like to get it to work because using the DOF in the camera means messing with exposure every time I want to adjust the f-number. Any ideas? It's probably a common issue.

Ok. So I want to animate a change in my Depth of Field. The easiest way to do this is to composite two images with a z-depth map in post production. The only problem is that max will not let me animate my Z-depth. I can control my Z-min and Z-max for each frame individually but I cannot set them to change gradually over x amount of frames. I can't imagine I'm the first person to attempt this using the z-depth render element. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Tom