Introduction

Finalize your composite with the Virtual Camera!
Have you ever encountered with these frustrations or questions?

  • The composite image does not look real at all!
  • The composite 3D CG image doesn't fit into the background.
  • Any Depth-of-Field (DOF) and Bokeh plug-in I ever tried never satisfied my demand.
  • Want to shorten the 3D rendering time keeping the quality as it is.
  • Want to apply the technique of Multiplane Camera used in animation production to my compostite.

The reason why these problems come up is that most video composite and editing softwares do not have "Camera" to finlize the composites.
Video composite and edting softwares have been developed and made the video composite quite easy and at low cost. However, most of them including Adobe's AfterEffects and discreet's inferno do not have the mechanisms of "Camera," "Lens," and "Film." They merely fake those mechanisms and fakely compose the images. Now, Sakurai Optical Lab. gives you the solution to all frustrations you have with the camera-lens-film emulation algorithm brought up through the development of IrisFilter4.

 

The Final Weapoin for video expression, Final Focus

FinalFocus gives the depth-of-field to layered images. It gives amazingly natural focal effects to layered images which are taken separately as if they were originally taken together. Even transparent and translusent objects, such as splashing water, water drops, underwater and flames can be naturally filtered. Also, Final Focus is able to filter the tiny objects (like wire netting) in the foreground which IrisFilter could not do. You don't have to worry about the focus when you take source pictures or video for your work. All you need to do is to take panfocused pictures. Final Focus puts them into DOF world and finish the composite as if everything were taken by a single real film camera. Even CG generated images can be fused into the composite very naturally. No distance map needed that had been essential thing in 3D software. (use IrisFitler4 if you still want to express DOF with distance map.) With Final Focus, you can make huge difference in commercials, music videos, video games and animation.

 

Film You can experience the natural perspectives and spaces in your composite as if all the pictures were taken by a single film camera at once even if real pictures and CG generated images are combined. Catch the audience's eyes as you desired with the focus following feature. No necessity to go on location again and again! Besides, FinalFocus renders objects one by one, which helps shorten the rendering time tremendously in 3D CG.
CM In commercial production, it is essential to put a huge focus on the featured products. FinalFocus let you give exaggirated but still natural focal effect to the products. You can also re-create movie data taken with DOF very deep by HD camera to the one with natural and soft DOF expression like 35mm film camera.
Video Games WIth FinalFocus, you will infuse bood into flat CG images with real DOF expression. You can shorten the rendering time by rendering one by one and finish with FinalFocus by giving the final DOF expression to the images.
Animation As easy as (or even more) the multiplane camera you have been using, FinalFocus let you follow the focus in your composite. For those "genuine" animation creators who have been frustrated with the muddiness of Blur effect of many video composite software.
VJ FinalFocus gives various spaces into line arts and typographies. The new DOF feature that renders even translusent and transparent objects realizes the infinite space.

Sakurai Optical Lab.