WorldViz User Forum - Depth of Field

Well, this answer may come too late for Erik, but it might still be useful for somebody. I took the depth of field GLSL code from Martins Upitis and ported it to Vizard. I left out the part for blurring the depth buffer, since it just introduced undesirable effects.
Attached is the file containing the DoFEffect ShaderEffect class (ppDoF.py.txt). I would have liked to just post the code, but it has 10.000 characters too many for the allowed limit.
There's also a screenshot attached showing the effect in action. It may not be perfect, but it's a start.

You can utilize the effect by saving the ppDoF.py.txt file somewhere where Vizard can find it and removing the .txt, and then importing it to your python scene file. Here's an example:

Code:

"""

Post-Processing Demo: Depth of Field.

"""



import viz

import vizconfig

import vizfx.postprocess



# Import the script that contains the DoFEffect post-processing class.

import ppDOF as dofFX



import vizinfo

# Setup info panel

info = vizinfo.InfoPanel()



viz.go()



import vizcam

vizcam.PivotNavigate(center=[0,1,0],distance=10)



# Setup Scene

viz.add('piazza.osgb')



# clipping planes in meters

nearClip = 0.1

farClip = 200.0



# Create the DoF effect

effect = dofFX.DoFEffect(nearClip,farClip)

vizfx.postprocess.addEffect(effect)



# Make effect config window visible

vizconfig.register(effect)

vizconfig.getConfigWindow().setWindowVisible(True)

The effect has a lot of settings you can customize.