Depth of Field Camera Settings Disabled

[ofahy434]

Hey Everyone!

I am working through understanding the camera in After Effects a little better by watching tutorials, but I'm running into some problems with the DOF. I noticed that no matter what camera I create, aperture, F-stop, and blur level are all grayed out. Also even though the checkbox is selected, Enable depth of field option is also grayed. Then I went to Comp settings and looked under the 3D Renderer options and I see that a ton of settings are disabled, including Depth of Field. I cannot find anywhere how to enable these settings and I hope someone out there knows how to solve this. I'm attaching screenshots so you can see it better. Also on the camera settings, I do have DOF On in the timeline. Thanks in advance!

[Jose Panadero · Accepted solution]

It is because you have activated the Cinema 4D renderer. You need to use the Classic 3D rendered to have DOF

[ofahy434]

Oh, I did not realize I can't use DOF in Cinema 4D. That's interesting. Thank you for your help! I switched it and it works fine now.

[Deny32036007tssr]

Thanks!

[747designer]

Thanks Jose, you just saved my sanity with the (almost literal) flick of a switch.