• Adobe After Effects

  DOF behaving strangely (way too much!)

  Posted by Roger Maus on April 26, 2014 at 9:11 pm

  Hi,

  I am working on a project with a layer put up in z-space. when i try to get really close, I can’t keep the object in focus. it just blurs irrecognizably, even with the focus plane on spot!
  
  Please see this clip to understand what’s going on:
  https://reels.creativecow.net/film/extreme-dof-2x

  Screenshot

  And these are my settings at the very point. (Sorry, I use a german version.)
  

  What the heck is going on here?

  Walter Soyka replied 12 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

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  Roger Maus

  April 27, 2014 at 7:29 pm

  What are the setting i.e. values I should check?
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  Roger Maus

  April 28, 2014 at 9:05 am

  Anybody…?

  Did I express myself clearly?

  I assume I don’t quite get the way a camera in AE works, since the blur remains even if I put the aperture to 0.5px!
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  Walter Soyka

  April 28, 2014 at 2:45 pm

  There does seem to be some strange behavior when the focus distance is less than about 10-15% of the zoom. I’ll try to spend a little more time later today with this and see if I can figure out what’s going on.

  Can you stay above that threshold?

  Walter Soyka
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