CGTalk - How to select/mask using a Depth pass?

View Full Version : How to select/mask using a Depth pass?

Newstream

04-30-2006, 10:40 PM

Hi,

I'm currently making a medical animation with video input created in Cinema 4D.
Essentially, The input video I'm bringing into AE 7.0 consists two passes: A RGB-pass and A Depth-pass.

In PhotoShop the process of using the depth pass to mask certain portions of the RGB image to then apply filters like Lens Blur etc. is pretty straight forward (see below)

http://static.flickr.com/44/137736165_8926a0b180_o.jpg
OK, so how is the same thing done in AE 7.0 ?
I have the exact same layers but instead of still images they're video. I want to use the Depth video to effect/select certain portions of the RGB video in order to apply the Lens Blur filter in very much the same way that I'm used to in PhotoShop.

Any help is highly appreciated...

Cheers / Alex

Vympel

04-30-2006, 11:56 PM

Use the depth pass in the depth layer menu os flens blur in the AE7

scrimski

05-01-2006, 12:07 AM

You can donwnload a small videotutorial about setting up rendered passes, including the z-depth, here (http://www.intrinsia.net/tutorials/passes.rar) from Intrinsias website.

Newstream

05-01-2006, 04:51 PM

Thanks for the help Guys! :thumbsup:
Got it all figured out now. works great.
Cheers / Alex

CGTalk Moderation

05-01-2006, 04:51 PM

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.