Converts a single RGB camera view into a Z-depth pass where brighter pixels are closer and darker pixels are farther away.
Once installed, the plugin allows for several advanced post-production techniques:
An NVIDIA GPU with at least 8GB of VRAM is recommended for stable performance, especially with 4K footage. Software Host: After Effects 2021 or later. Download File DepthScanner-v1.7.2-NVIDIA-GPU.zip
Unzip the contents of DepthScanner-v1.7.2-NVIDIA-GPU.zip to a local directory.
Windows (NVIDIA GPU support is currently exclusive to Windows for this plugin). Converts a single RGB camera view into a
Move the .aex plugin file (found in the main installer) to your After Effects Plug-ins folder (usually C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects [Version]\Support Files\Plug-ins ).
The installation of the GPU backend typically follows these steps: Unzip the contents of DepthScanner-v1
Isolate specific depth ranges to create masks or transitions without manual rotoscoping.