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Technical discussions => General discussion => Topic started by: revel68 on March 11, 2017, 03:30:46 PM

Title: Depth Pass is flat. How to adjust Depth Pass
Post by: revel68 on March 11, 2017, 03:30:46 PM
Hi. I am trying to adjust the proper points for a Depth Pass. I am new to Keyshot and using 6.1 and need detailed instructions on how to fix this.

I set a focal point in hopes that would set it up but it didn't change anything.

At this point my depth passes are just white and don't have data I can extract into a proper gradient. 

Thanks
Title: Re: Depth Pass is flat. How to adjust Depth Pass
Post by: DriesV on March 12, 2017, 04:02:57 AM
The depth pass is not actually an image. It is a floating point EXR file in which each pixel's "color" defines the distance to the camera.

The easiest way to convert this into a usable state for Photoshop is to do:
Image > Adjustments > HDR Toning > Method: Equalize Histogram

Dries
Title: Re: Depth Pass is flat. How to adjust Depth Pass
Post by: LayC42 on March 12, 2017, 06:08:45 AM
Quote from: DriesV on March 12, 2017, 04:02:57 AM
The depth pass is not actually an image. It is a floating point EXR file in which each pixel's "color" defines the distance to the camera.

The easiest way to convert this into a usable state for Photoshop is to do:
Image > Adjustments > HDR Toning > Method: Equalize Histogram

Dries

Hello Dries.

Great description. Maybe it would be helpful to add this in the keyshot help
https://luxion.atlassian.net/wiki/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=1409117#content/view/1409117

Perhaps with the link to the post processing webinar done by Richard?
Title: Re: Depth Pass is flat. How to adjust Depth Pass
Post by: revel68 on March 12, 2017, 02:00:40 PM


Quote from: DriesV on March 12, 2017, 04:02:57 AM
The depth pass is not actually an image. It is a floating point EXR file in which each pixel's "color" defines the distance to the camera.

The easiest way to convert this into a usable state for Photoshop is to do:
Image > Adjustments > HDR Toning > Method: Equalize Histogram

Dries


Thanks! I believe that did it for me. I have some limited experience with EXR and was trying to play with like exposure and levels and couldn't figure it out.