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be rendered. The order of the rendered effects is
listed in the Effects tab of the Environment and
Effects dialog.
Tip: To minimize sampling ar tifacts in out-of-fo cus
areas with the default scanline renderer, try using
theBlendfilterintheAntialiasinggroupofthe
Render Scene dialog (page 3–2) (on t he Renderer
panel).
Before and after applying D epth of Field effect to scene.
Interfa ce
The Depth of Field Parameters rollout contains the
follow ing p arameters.
Affect Alpha—Affects the alpha channel of the final
rendering when on.
Cameras group
Pick Cam—Enables you to interactively select from
theviewportwhichcamerayouwanttheDepth
of Field effect applied to.
Remove—Deletes the camera currently selected in
the drop-down list.
Camera S election List—Lists all of the cameras to be
used in the effect. You can use this list to highlig ht
a specific camera and remove it from the list using
the Remove button.
Focal Point group
Pick Node—Enables you to select an object to use
as the focal node. When activated you can se lect
an object directly from the viewports to use as the