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  Re: First WIP with roman glasses  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 29 Oct 2012 15:35:01
Message: <web.508ed9e51e07ec6785de7b680@news.povray.org>
"MichaelJF" <mi-### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> > moderate DOF is great for small scale objects, plus it provides good
> > anti-aliasing:  without it, those edges are terribly sharp... :p
>
> Thanks for your answer, but I'm only a statistician. What does DOF mean? I think
> it is not "degrees of freedom".

"Depth of field," or focal blur in POV-Ray terms, makes the most sense in this
context.  A larger aperture makes the scene appear smaller; houses and cars can
be made to look like toy miniatures with a large enough aperture.  With no focal
blur at all, the aperture is infinitely small.


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