# Depth of field with blending

**URL:** https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/depth-of-field-with-blending/2900
**Category:** Feature Request
**Created:** [May 28, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/depth-of-field-with-blending/2900 "2021-05-28T18:29:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Adam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/adam/32/12517_2.png) [@Adam](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Adam)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/depth-of-field-with-blending/2900/1 "2021-05-28T18:29:44Z")

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I’m not sure if this is something that’s not possible at the moment or a bug. When an object has blending or additive set the depth of field seems to be ignored.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/2X/a/ac7c1af5ba957b7f167de5b91a020d4322fb0d44.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/2X/a/a1719c587f3813c391a793a94c81c72083a8f985.jpeg)

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### Author: ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/depth-of-field-with-blending/2900/2 "2021-05-28T20:22:34Z")

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Yes, same for SSR, SSAO and shadow casting (missing depth).  
It’s more or less the same thing in every real time engine.

One workaround is to use dithered transparency, I’ll introduce it in next release.  
It’s not perfect obviously, but you can see how it looks like for shadows here [https://twitter.com/nomadsculpt/status/1398345830705160193](https://twitter.com/nomadsculpt/status/1398345830705160193)

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### Author: ![Adam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/adam/32/12517_2.png) [@Adam](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Adam)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/depth-of-field-with-blending/2900/3 "2021-05-28T20:59:02Z")

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Okay. Look forward to the next update. 👍🏻

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### Author: ![Adam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/adam/32/12517_2.png) [@Adam](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Adam)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/depth-of-field-with-blending/2900/4 "2021-05-28T21:02:07Z")

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Just seen the refraction video on the Twitter page. Very nice! 👍🏻