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Stereo 3D and DOF settings

nierostanierosta Posts: 16
edited February 2019 in Daz Studio Discussion

Not sure if this turns out to be a newbie question or a feature sugggestion:

I'm currently trying to wrap my head around the "Lens Stereo Offset" in the Camera's lens settings. 

This is a very useful and welcome feature, as is allows to render output directly without any post-editing - but it comes with a downside: For this parameter to work i understand that it is crucial to set the "Focal Distance" correctly to achieve correct convergence. I haven't found an option to bind the focal plane to an node, so i have to set the focal plane manually after each camera or subject change.

So what i'm trying to mimic is the same as the autofocus on a physical camera.

Did i miss this option somewhere? If not, is there a workaround or would it even be a feature to consider for an upcoming version of DAZ Studio?

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  • nickalamannickalaman Posts: 196
    nierosta said:

    Not sure if this turns out to be a newbie question or a feature sugggestion:

    I'm currently trying to wrap my head around the "Lens Stereo Offset" in the Camera's lens settings. 

    This is a very useful and welcome feature, as is allows to render output directly without any post-editing - but it comes with a downside: For this parameter to work i understand that it is crucial to set the "Focal Distance" correctly to achieve correct convergence. I haven't found an option to bind the focal plane to an node, so i have to set the focal plane manually after each camera or subject change.

    So what i'm trying to mimic is the same as the autofocus on a physical camera.

     

    Unfortunately there is no autofocus, 

     

    there's a free script that you can use to parent a null to an object and then by running the script it will focus the selected camera to the null object. 

     

    Here's the link

     

     

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/43636/

     

     

    nierosta said:

    Did i miss this option somewhere? If not, is there a workaround or would it even be a feature to consider for an upcoming version of DAZ Studio?

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344

    The Aim and frame commands will set the focal distance to the centre point of the selected item

  • nierostanierosta Posts: 16

    Thank you both! I think i get the basic idea. Let's see if i can script that for an animation.

    One question though where i'd appreciate your knowledge: Is there a built-in function in DAZ Script where you can recycle the node selection dialog (see below)?

     

     

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344

    You mean launch it and then rad the selection? No, I'm fairly sure not - only the file/folder dialogues and the alert dialogues are built in to script

  • nierostanierosta Posts: 16

    That would have been the idea behind it. Thanks for the quick answer!

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