Depth of Field Tools

[J.R.]

Hi, just read the article about the depth-of-field-generator. there are so many DOF-tools and plugins around now that I just wanted to make a little collection of them all to better compare them:

 

-Depth Of Field Generator PRO

http://www.richardrosenman.com/

 

-finalDOF from CEBAS

http://www.cebas.com/news/read.php?UD=10-7888-33-788&NID=98

 

- X-Dof

http://www.evasion3d.com/xd_mr_intro.html

 

- ADOBE Photoshop CS/CS2 Lens-Blur Filter

 

- Lens Care, Adobe Photoshop Plugin

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-plugins/info/Photography-plugins/Lens-Care

 

- Mental Ray physical_lens_dof (hidden physics-shader)

 

- 3ds max Mental Ray Depth of Field (Multi-Pass-Effect)

 

- 3ds max Depth Of Field (Multi-Pass-Effect)

 

- V-Ray Renderplugin 3ds max

http://www.vrayrender.com/compare/

 

- Brazil r/s Renderplugin 3ds max

http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/sf_gen_page.php3?page=FeatureGalleries/components

 

- DOFTOY script for 3ds max

http://www.cgtechniques.com/goodies/doftoy/

 

please help completing the list. Which DOF do you use for which tasks and why? As I do mostly Still images I use the lens-blur filter in Photoshop often or just the Mental Ray pysical-lens-dof.