dof preview in LightWave

dof preview in LightWave#244548

By SaT - Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:19 pm

- Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:19 pm #244548

I wonder if the dof preview in LightWave 9.2 and later correspond to the dof in Maxwell Render? Does anyone know from experience? Thanks.

#244563

By hdesbois - Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:55 pm

- Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:55 pm #244563

I've made tests a long time ago with Fprime. DOF was quite the same. I did not like so much LW native DOF (I mean 7.5 and 8.x, did not experimented with 9.x DOF), so I can't tell.

H.

The journey's FAR from over

LW 9.2 Win XP pro amd64x2 2.2 ghz 4gb ram

#244650

By SaT - Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:26 pm

- Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:26 pm #244650

When FPrime DOF seems to be the same, then it should be the same like LightWave's DOF preview.
Thanks.

#244673

By hdesbois - Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:39 pm

- Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:39 pm #244673

SaT wrote:When FPrime DOF seems to be the same, then it should be the same like LightWave's DOF preview.
Thanks.

There is a limitation with Fprime, though: the frame height setting does not affect DOF: it's always matching a 24 mm frame height (not tested with fprime 3.x). AFAIK, Maxwell lightwave plugin also matches a 24 mm frame height DOF, even if you can change that in studio. So, unless if you have a good reason to do otherwise, it's better to stick to 24 mm frame height. If you want an exact match, the picture size (in pixels) should be homothetic of 36*24 (for instance, 900x600).

H.