[Bf-funboard] No way to disable DoF without changing settings?

gandalf3 zzyxpaw at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 05:28:44 CEST 2015


For test renders it's sometimes useful to disable DoF, prefferably 
without changing your settings.

On 06/30/15 04:46, David McSween wrote:
> But you can already set exposure separately to the aperture.  Doesn't that
> mean that aperture is only useful for dof focus effects? If you don't need
> it why activate it at all?
>
> Cheers,
> David Mcsween
> On 30 Jun 2015 08:03, <db4tech at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi gandalf3,
>>
>> I'm new to the funboard.
>>
>> Could see such functionality being useful.
>> To maximise productivity (user wouldn't have to select relevant camera,
>> then Camera tab), possibly a more suitable location for a toggle
>> check-box would be on the Render panel, under Light Paths, with other
>> render selectable options?
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 29/06/2015 21:35, gandalf3 wrote:
>>> I thought it slightly odd that there is no way to disable cycles DoF
>>> without changing the aperture setting (and thereby messing up whatever
>>> you may have set previously).
>>> Would it be possible to add a checkbox to the depth of field panel (e.g.
>>> embedded in the header like the Safe Areas panel to save screen real
>>> estate)?
>>>
>>> Am I the only one who finds it odd that such a checkbox doesn't exist?
>>>
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