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of the frame at a distance from the camera's focal point (that is, its target or

target distance).

You can preview depth of field in viewports.

Previewing multi-pass depth of field in a shaded and a wireframe viewport

IMPORTANT This effect is for the default scanline renderer. The mental ray

renderer

on page 6230 has its own depth-of-field effect. See Depth of Field Parameter

(mental ray Renderer)

on page 5229.

TIP To reduce the visible effect of multiple camera passes, try setting the

antialiasing filter to Blend, with a Width value in the range 4.0 to 5.0, and a Blend

value in the neighborhood of 0.1. (You choose the antialiasing filter and adjust its

settings in the

Default Scanline Renderer rollout on page 6141.) Also, try reducing

the Dither Strength value, in the effect's Pass Blending group, to the neighborhood

of 0.2.

NOTE There is also a depth-of-field rendering effect on page 6683.