Using effects is not something new because you have been using them all along in this book. The previous chapter covered some effects that can also be used in the Movie mode, such as sun study, shadow, reflection, two-point perspective, and Global Illumination. All of these effects can be used for a movie and you only need to be careful with the two-point perspective which may not work well with an extreme camera angle. However, what other effects can you use to add realism to the animation?
The next two effects are related to photo-realism because both of them happen when you use a real camera. In simple words, depth of field in a photograph is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects that are in focus and acceptably sharp. Why should you care about this?
Depth of field is a tool that can help to guide the viewers' attention to the areas you want without any distractions. It can also be used to separate...