Pontari Productions' DOF_Blur
Copyright 1997 Pontari Productions.  All rights reserved.


This is a plugin image filter for LightWave 5.0  It implments a Depth Of
Focus filter effect by using NULL objects to set the focus area and then
bluring area's outside of that focus area. 

This SGI port was done by Marvin Landis (marvinl@amber.rc.arizona.edu)
from the source for the Intel and Alpha versions.  Marvin has this to say
about installing:

	I have found that I have to add the Layout plugins manually to the
	.lwrc file, they aren't saved there automatically after loading a
	plugin from the Options panel (they load fine from there, they just
	aren't saved in the config file).

It does require LightWave 5.0 for SGI.


It will add a new image filter called

DOF_Blur

To the Effects->Image Processing_Image Filter Plug-ins panel.

With it you pick a near and a far object for the focus.

Objects before the near are blured, objects after the far are blured.  

If you don't pick an object that field won't be used.  

The Depth of focus area is the amount of ramp up or down before
reaching the full level of blur you specify.

The amount of blur is really the size of the convolution.

That's it.

The source is also avaiable in case your interested, check our web pages
for details.

Be sure to check out Pontari's LightWave web pages
http://www.pontari.com/pontari/lightwave

And buy Super Glow.



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