Depth Fog?

[terencemace]

I know about the Depth Pass in XSI, would this do the trick? I'm not at my PC right now, so I can't try it.

T

[EternalArt]

You can use Zpic , then converted to the another extension Like tga or other by Flipbook that come with xsi .

[ndog]

You can use Zpic , then converted to the another extension Like tga or other by Flipbook that come with xsi .



Have you tried this? I can't get Flipbook to open a Zpic.

Edit: Ok, I see. Zpic is a program to convert zpic.

[GeneralLethal]

You can override your materials with a constant black shader then apply a volume fog shader on your pass. You can even render this pass in openEXR for maximum control once you start comping.

[Iysun]

yes depth pass would work, just select all the objects that you want in your render, then create new pass > depth pass and you should be good to go.
If you want to preview it with the region tool make sure you check 'show depth' in the region options.

Also a good way to adjust the depth values is to apply a LumaAdjust Op in the Fx Tree, play with the curve and using the FX Viewer you can update your results in realtime.
Ill attach a quick screen shot to show what I mean.

http://www.anotherhell.com/forum_uploads/depthtest.jpg

On a side note you can of course use other ops such as a type of blurring to get nice depth of field effects as well.

[LemonNado]

Keep in mind that if you wish to use the depth information for anything 'precise' like compositing that you should save it in aything but 8 bit depth... Or the steps will surprise you.
Cheers
Rainer

[terencemace]

Thanks for all the advice you guys. The depth pass will work fine.

T

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