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   Bokeh Iwa

● Overview

This effect reproduces a camera lens blur. The RGB values of each layer will be converted

to exposure values, then blurred using the Iris shape, and finally composed together.

Unlike the Bokeh Iwa Fx, this fx can use depth reference images 

for dividing layer into several sub-layers within specified range of depth.

Also, this fx can apply individual hardness value for each source for adjusting bokeh brightness.
 

To achieve a faster processing time, a Fourier transformation is used to process the filter.

● Input Port

Iris : Connects the image to define the shape of the Iris. The image luminance

values will be used for the effect. If no image is connected to the Iris port, no calculation

will take place. It's possible to connect 8bit or 16bit RGBA images.

Source [1～5] : Connects images for the layers. The order in which they are

connected here doesn't define the layer stacking order. If nothing is connected to any

Source port, no calculation will be performed.

Depth [1～] : Connect the Depth reference image for the layer to be divided into sub-layers.

  The brightness of each pixel corresponds to the depth. 

  The higher (brighter) the value, the farther away from the camera.

● Parameters

Common

On-Focus Distance : If there's a layer or sub-layer in this position, it will look on focus and it will be

composed normally. 0 represents the camera position. (Range 0.0-1.0)

Bokeh Amount : Maximum size of blur (in scene units). When the focus position and the

layer position are 1.0 away from each other and Bokeh Adjustment is 1, the Iris image is

enlarged until the width of this image reaches this value.

Master Hardness : The gamma value of the film. Used to convert between RGB value and

exposure. This is equivalent to the increase in RGB value (0.0 to 1.0) when the exposure is

increased 10 times. The lower the value, the more the highlights are emphasized.

(Range 0.05-3.0)

Hardness per Source : Specify whether to use individual hardness value instead of the master hardness for converting the layer RGB values to exposures.

Sources

Distance : The distance of the layer from the camera. The layer stacking order is

automatically sorted according to this value. (Range 0.0-1.0)

Bokeh Adjustment : Bokeh size correction value. The size of the bokeh is multiplied by N,

keeping the order of layer stacking. If this value is 0, the layers will be composited normally

without blurring regardless of the distance of the layer. (Range 0.0-2.0)

Hardness : Individual hardness used for converting this layer's RGB values to exposure.

Depth Image : Specifies the Depth port number. If some available Depth port is set, this layer will be divided into sub-layers at different depths in the specified range.

Depth Range : Specifies the range of depth where the sub-layers will be distributed.

● Notes

Separating a layer into sub-layers is just like the Bokeh Ref Iwa Fx except that the following parameters are hard-coded:

    
Distance Precision = 10

    
Fill Gap = ON

    
Use Median Filter = OFF

When rendering multiple frames, the Iris and the layers images, must be present within

the range of all frames to be rendered.

This effect uses a lot of RAM.

● License Information

This effect uses an open source library called Kiss FFT for the Fourier transform.

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