Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/25
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That won't work. You still need depth information, and I don't see any way to
provide that with the filter you reference.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Walsh (E-mail)" <rbwalsh1@dcn.davis.ca.us>
To: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 17:09
Subject: [Leica] There IS a "boke" filter!
> Check out
>
> http://www.messia.com/IrisFilter/intro_en.html
>
> The developer of the IrisFilter ("boke" filter) software says:
>
> "What is "BOKE" filter?"
>
> "In English, out-of-focus image is sometime called "blurred" or "softened"
> but does not have a specific word. In Japanese, photographers often use a
> word "BOKE" which means a part of image is out of focus. They often say
> something like "This lens produces beautiful boke". Yes, beautiful boke is a
> part of very important photographic effects. But did you know no software
> existed to emulate the real boke-effect? Blurring or softening filters
> employed in many image software even such as Photoshop do not reproduce real
> boke-effects. Difference? The real photographic boke is not just blurred
> image but it is an uniform spread of light over a lens aperture with a sharp
> edge of the aperture preserved."
>
> "Using IrisFilter, you can emulate the real boke-effect otherwise possible
> only with an actual camera. You can use beautifully "boke"d image for a
> background of you important imaging work. Since this is like a virtual
> camera, you can enjoy changing the shape of the iris to whatever shape you
> want --- circle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, heat shape, diamond shape, or
> any user pattern."
>