You’ll then see your video footage animate based on the depth pass.

Now, keyframe the Maximum setting from 0% to 100%. To do this, simply apply Depth Scanner to your footage and then change the Mode to Slicing. Then just increase the Blur Radius to see depth of field added to your shot! Adding depth of field to a video shot in post using Camera Lens Blur with a depth pass.Īnother excellent effect to try out is a Depth Transition. You’ll also need to change the Blur Map Source to Effects & Masks. Set the Blur Map setting as your footage with Depth Scanner applied to it. Set the Layer to your depth pass footage and set the Source to Effects & Masks. Now, apply the Camera Lens Blur effect on the top “normal-looking” copy of your footage. You’ll need two copies of your footage in your composition to do this.Īpply Depth Scanner to the bottom copy, then refine the settings for a good-looking depth pass.

One of the easiest is adding in Depth of Field. Now that you can create depth passes from any video, this opens the door for a lot of creative effects. Then use Content-Aware Fill in After Effects. Simply slice it out so that you’re left with a transparent area. This slicing effect can also save you a lot of time if you need to remove something from a video clip. Slice out parts of your video using the Slicing mode. You can also soften the edges with the Soft Border setting. Then adjust the Minimum and Maximum percentages to slice out an area of your footage.

To do this, change the Mode setting to Slicing. I recommend trying both, then choose the one that looks best.ĭepth Scanner also has a slicing mode, which essentially allows you to “slice out” parts of your video based on the depth pass. The default is set to Faster, which renders faster.Īccurate is the second option, which takes longer to render but can give you better results with problematic shots. You can also adjust the Model, which is how the depth of your footage is interpreted. To increase the resolution, just adjust the Resolution setting. Immediately, you’ll see a low-resolution depth pass. After installing the plugin, select your video clip or image in After Effects, then apply the Depth Scanner effect. Using Depth Scanner is incredibly simple.

Then, you can use the depth pass for all sorts of compositing techniques, such as adding in depth of field, subtle 3D parallax movement, depth-based transitions, and a lot more! Depth Scanner automatically creates depth maps for video and still images. In short, the plugin analyzes the clip and detects what parts of the shot are closest to the camera. Depth Scanner is an After Effects plugin that uses artificial intelligence to automatically generate a depth pass on any video clip or photo.

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