I'd love to see some examples of the z-depth approach. Finally, a new method fo manipulating dof! (potentially).

Too bad it is so expensive...

http://www.rileyharmon.com/temp/DOF_test.mov

used ae to create animated depth maps using masks, opacity, and alpha channels, then used DOF Generator to batch. will do a longer clip when i have more time. stock vx2000, 24p using my own recipe