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DOF PRO
DOF PRO (Depth Of Field Generator PRO) is the undisputed leader in photorealistic depth of field effects for Adobe After Effects. Backed by over a decade of research and development since its first release in 2005, DOF PRO has become the industry’s professional choice for unparalleled and sophisticated depth of field effects quickly and efficiently as a post process. DOF PRO’s state-of-the-art featureset provides innovative and cutting-edge technology not available elsewhere, resulting in one of the most powerful and advanced depth of field processors in the industry.
Depth of field is the amount of distance between the nearest and furthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus as seen by a camera lens. This field varies with the focal length of the lens, its f-stop setting, and the object distance from the camera.
Depth of field is a critical component of camera lenses. It is heavily used in photography, film and computer graphics as a creative element, in typical examples ranging from portraiture to macro photography. Depth of field is governed by three factors: aperture, lens focal length and shooting distance. Many consumer class cameras, however, do not provide sufficient and independent control of these parameters. Digital cameras, in particular, usually show a wide depth of field – i.e. they are more tolerant to defocus effects. While this may be welcome in some instances (e.g. snapshot applications), it is often a serious deficiency in others (e.g. portraiture/macro photography).
Features of DOF PRO
- DOF PRO comes with an impressive featureset ready to meet today’s demanding creative industry requirements. Highlight preservation and bokeh visibility enhancement algorithms deliver cutting-edge output.
- Numerous aperture shapes are available (including the Cat’s Eye), each with the ability to control its size, angle, curvature and even aberration characteristics such as spherical and chromatic aberrations combined with edge offset, thickness and softness control.
- Custom aperture maps have been implemented in DOF PRO (along with a massive online aperture map library) allowing artists to create his or her own aperture shapes thus providing unlimited flexibility and control over the bokeh appearance.
- Aspect ratios can be set to accommodate a wide variety of broadcast standards such as NTSC, PAL, IMAX, widescreen, anamorphic and more. A powerful noise generation engine has been developed to assist in the realistic simulation of today’s digital imaging pixel noise effects often present in both photographic and 3D raytraced images.
- The DOF PRO interface has been redesigned for After Effects, featuring a new iris and iris array real-time display. Faster preview updates can be produced by adjusting After Effect’s preview window resolution. Multicore rendering technology and gigabyte memory management boasts significantly improved performance.
- 8 bits / channel, 16 bits / channel and 32 bits / channel color support is now available for professional high color workflows, especially crucial for photographers, retouchers and visual effects artists.
- All of these code implementations produce depth of field camera effects that are extremely accurate and precise in simulating real-world phenomena.
DOF PRO System requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP / 7/8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor: Pentium IV and above
- RAM: 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
- Free hard disk space: 200 MB or more
- After Effect 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018
DOF PRO Free Download
DOF PRO v1.0.1 [WIN + MAC] for After Effects
Adobe Full
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- Plugin for Adobe
- Adobe CC 2020 Collection
- Adobe CC 2021 Collection
- Adobe CC 2022 Collection
- Adobe CC 2023 Collection
How to install DOF PRO
- After Effects needs to be installed first
- Download the software and extract it with Winrar
- Copy the
- Win : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions
- Or: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects <Version>\Support Files\Plug-ins
- Mac : ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions
- Or use ZXP Installer
- Done
