Depth of Field:
When applying 'Depth of Field' the first thing you should do is to select the 'Depth Buffer' you want to use and adjust it.
Photoshop: In Photoshop you need to open the filter with the desired depth image as selection.
Once you have the depth buffer adjusted you should switch the 'show' parameter to 'iris' output and adjust it to your needs using the 'Iris' sub topic. If you feel that the footage needs highlights or some areas a brightness boost, you should switch 'show' to 'highlight selection' and select the desired areas in the 'Highlight Selection' sub topic.
Now you are ready to adjust the dof itself. Before switching 'show' to 'normal blur' it makes sense to decrease resolution for preview because dof can be very slow with the 'wrong' settings. Normal plugins usually take 4 times longer to calculate a image with doubled resolution. Due to its complexity, this is not true for dof. Doubling the resolution increases dof render time roughly by a factor of 8!
ВРОДЕ ВСЕ ПРОСТО,НО ЧТО ЗНАЧИТ "... the first thing you should do is to select the 'Depth Buffer' you want to use and adjust it."???
ЕСЛИ ПРОСТО ВЫБРАТЬ КАРТИНКУ БУДУЩЕЙ МАСКИ И ПРИМЕНИТЬ ФИЛЬТР,ТО ПОЛЕ DOF ПО-ПРЕЖНЕМУ НЕАКТИВНО.ПРОБОВАЛ СОЗДАТЬ ДОКУМЕНТ СО СЛОЯМИ,ГДЕ ОДИН СЛОЙ МАСКА,А ДРУГОЙ САМА КАРТИНКА-ТОТ ЖЕ РЕЗУЛЬТАТ.НЕПОНИМАЮ