Focal Lock Addon for Blender

Anson · January 11, 2022

Anson Savage writes:

I have always struggled to find the perfect focal length for my Blender Projects. So, I set out to solve the problem. I teamed up with Nathan Craddock (nathancraddock.com) to produce this free (donate if you want) addon that allows Blender users to quickly find the focal length that works for them! I hope that this product can speed up your workflow like it has mine!
Special thanks to Nathan Dickson for his art (dermusikmeister.artstation.com/) and Gabe Schaffer (https://bit.ly/3mG8yOy) for creating the music!

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Gumroad: Focal Lock ($0+)

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FollowedByQuads

12 January 2022 at 11:07

Amazing! I was looking for a dolly zoom solution for blender and here it is! No more fiddling around with drivers.
An idea fo a small feature: option to shift the focus slightly forward or back, after locking DOF to an object. Just throwing it out there ;)

Anson Savage
15 January 2022 at 03:33
Great suggestion! One thing that I do to solve that is I set the focus to be an empty. Then, you can set the mesh to be the parent of the empty and adjust the empty’s location as necessary!
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1. Major Donkey
  5 February 2022 at 21:32
  Amazing mod. Completely changed my blender game.
  Any chance that the focal lock could be made to be set to the 3d Cursor?
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  1. Anson Savage
    8 February 2022 at 03:11
    That’s a great thought! On the docket for the next version!
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