3D shapes and DoF

[Sarloos]

Hey.

I'm kinda stuck right now. I would like to work with 3D shapes and DoF at the same time. 3D shapes (/geometry options) works with "Cinema 4D" and "Ray-Traced 3D" and DoF works with "Classic 3D" and "Ray-Traced 3D".

Based on that "Ray-Traced 3D" should be able to do it, but the DoF it produces is just weird. You can see a comparison below with Ray first and Classic second.

So my question is: how do i get 3D shapes and normal DoF at the same time?

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

You can't. It simply works differently. Increase the sample rates in the renderer settings to smooth out the artifacts at the cost of increased render times.

Mylenium

[Roland Kahlenberg]

As Mylenium has stated, the noise you are seeing, within semi-transparent areas, with the Ray-traced Renderer is an expected outcome when the ray-tracing anti-aliasing and Quality settings are low. Increase these settings accordingly. Then, ensure you set them to settings appropriate for working/previews and update the settings when it comes time to render.