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Effect

Depth Of Field

Blur based on depth cues so subjects stay sharp while backgrounds fall away.

Lenses focus on a plane; everything nearer or further softens according to aperture and distance. Photographers use that fall-off to separate subject from ground. Cinema and computational photography later faked or extended it with depth maps.

This effect blurs from depth cues so sharp subjects can sit in soft space without a tilt-shift lens.

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Example

Properties

  • Center

    Range
    0, 0 to 1, 1
    Default
    0.524, 0.557

  • Radius

    Range
    0.01 to 4
    Default
    0.29

  • Aspect stretch

    ellipse stretch amount

    Range
    0 to 5
    Default
    0

  • Mask rotation

    rotate blur mask

    Range
    -180 to 180
    Default
    0

  • Falloff

    gradient steepness

    Range
    0.5 to 6
    Default
    2.123

  • Blur strength

    Range
    0 to 0.1
    Default
    0.04

  • Samples

    blur quality

    Range
    10 to 1000
    Default
    150

  • Blades

    aperture blade count

    Range
    3 to 10
    Default
    6

  • Blade roundness

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0

  • Aperture rotation

    Range
    -180 to 180
    Default
    0

  • Aperture feather

    Range
    0 to 0.9
    Default
    0

  • Oval

    Range
    1 to 3
    Default
    1

  • Ring bokeh

    mirror lens obstruction

    Range
    0 to 0.7
    Default
    0

  • Invert mask

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0

  • Debug mask

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0

  • Debug aperture

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --effect depth-of-field --set center=0.5239,0.5573 --set radius=0.2895 -i input.jpg -o output.png

Gallery

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