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Depth Scanner

  • Compatibility After Effects
    Please check exact version compatibility under the "COMPATIBILITY" tab below

Author: Blace Plugins

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Quick Overview

Now includes Depth Anything v2. Artificial Intelligence-based plugin for automatic depth estimation. Available for macOS (>11.5) and Windows!

Depth Scanner

 

Depth Scanner lets you create depth maps from images and videos. The resulting depth map can be used for a variety of post processing tasks, like adding fog, converting footage to stereo-3d and many more image effects.
city orig city depth

 

 

Hardware support

 

   cpu mode  hardware acceleration
 Windows with NVIDIA GPU  ✅  ✅
 Windows with other GPU  ✅  ❌
 MacOS ≥ 12.3 (M1/M2 or Intel with AMD GPU)  ✅  ✅
 MacOS ≥ 11.5  ✅  ❌

Hardware acceleration will run orders of magnitude faster than the cpu mode.

 

 

Features

 

 

Depth Anything v2 model and more

The latest state-of-the art models are included for unmatched fidelity and performance!

 

mountains

Optimized for video

The only depth estimator on the market which can produce flicker free and consistent results on video. Multiple frames are used to calculate temporally stable depth maps.

 

 

What you can do with it

 

Slicing effecs

venedig scan

Depth based grading

grading

Parallax Mapping

Parallax

Post-processed DoF

dof

Add fog

fog

 

 

People are using it

 

 

Tutorials & Documentation

 

 

Documentation

 

 

Upgrade Offer

 

If you own Depth Scanner Lite you can purchase Depth Scanner for $49.99. Simply login to the same account and the discounted upgrade price will be automatically shown. Please open a support ticket if you need any assistance and we will be happy to help

 

 

Additional Infos

 

Compatibility

It runs on AE 2022 and above. Please test your configuration using the free trial before purchasing.

Limitations

GPU mode may be not as stable as cpu mode.

On Windows an Nvidia graphics card is needed for gpu version of the plugin.

Trial version

The trial is fully functional with a blue cross watermark which is removed once a valid license is entered.

Credits

Based on research and implementation of https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.13413

 

 

Social Media

 

After Effects 2024, 2023, 2022

Depth Scanner for macOS

1.16.1  (Current version)  -  Nov 18, 2024

Add ML Depth Pro model. Deprecate old legacy models. Compatibility update. If you use several of our plugins please update all to the latest version.

1.15.13  -  Oct 17, 2024

Update installers to recognize latest AE release.

1.15.12  -  Oct 7, 2024

Fix component manager not being shown sometimes.

1.15.9  -  Sep 16, 2024

Update some libraries to ensure compatibility across plugins.

1.15.8  -  Aug 28, 2024

Improve loading times if certain other plugins are present.

1.15.6  -  Aug 13, 2024

Fix crash on playback stopping.

1.15.5  -  Aug 1, 2024

Add back missing register button.

1.15.4  -  Aug 1, 2024

Fix crash that happened after internal error.

1.15.3  -  Jul 29, 2024

All our plugins can be run in the same AE session now.

1.15.0  -  Jul 16, 2024

- add Depth Anything v2 Large Indoor model

1.14.3  -  Jul 1, 2024

- fixed memory leak that could lead to crashes during long renderings
- ensure proper error logging if startup fails

1.14.3  -  Jul 1, 2024

- fixed memory leak that could lead to crashes during long renderings
- ensure proper error logging if startup fails

1.14.0  -  Jun 19, 2024

- added Depth Anything v2 model

1.13.3  -  Apr 29, 2024

- improved responsiveness on parameter dragging
- fixed model loading bug

1.12.9  -  Feb 27, 2024

- fix installer not being accessible from aescripts manager app

1.12.7  -  Feb 27, 2024

- added fallback server to our installers. only use this option if you have trouble connecting to our primary servers. on MacOS we provide a second installer and on Windows you can choose the fallback server from the installer.

1.12.6  -  Feb 16, 2024

- improved internal caching mechanism. this will render faster in some cases.

1.12.5  -  Feb 9, 2024

- fix wrong frame rendered if effect applied to trimmed precomp
- better error logging

1.12.3  -  Feb 7, 2024

- fix version number initialization

1.12.2  -  Feb 7, 2024

- fix crash on effect duplication

1.12.1  -  Feb 5, 2024

- add Depth Anything models
- add option for higher resolution

1.11.13  -  Nov 22, 2023

- fix crashes during rendering with media encoder

1.11.8  -  Nov 16, 2023

- fix crashes during playback when multi-processing is enabled

1.11.5  -  Oct 31, 2023

- move installer payload to more stable server. no functional changes.

1.11.5  -  Oct 31, 2023

- move installer payload to more stable server. no functional changes.

1.11.1  -  Oct 16, 2023

- performance improvements

1.11.0  -  Oct 9, 2023

- update underlying ai libraries for better performance and stability

1.10.4  -  Oct 5, 2023

- fix installer bug which lead to missing dependency on some systems

1.10.3  -  Oct 4, 2023

- make installer compatible with upcoming AE 2024

1.10.2  -  Sep 21, 2023

- increase logging verbosity during plugin loading

1.10.1  -  Sep 19, 2023

-better initialization logging

1.10.0  -  Sep 13, 2023

- add improved temporal stability feature

1.9.9  -  Sep 1, 2023

- fix initialization bug on MacOS Big Sur

1.9.6  -  Sep 1, 2023

- fix initialization bug on MacOS Big Sur

1.9.3  -  Aug 21, 2023

- small bug fixes

1.8.2  -  Apr 14, 2023

- added experimental hardware acceleration for Intel-bases Macs running macOS 12.3 or later with AMD GPUs. Hardware acceleration on Silicon Macs (M1/M2) is already supported.

1.8.0  -  Apr 14, 2023

- add new accurate 2023 v2 model, which gives best results on indoor images and videos
- revamp extra details option to produce less artifacts
- set older models to "deprecated" mode. In order to use them, read https://docs.blaceplugins.com/deprecated_models.html
- slightly improve temporal stability

1.7.4  -  Feb 22, 2023

- fix bug that lead to crash on adding of the plugin

1.7.3  -  Feb 10, 2023

- improve temporal consistency when extra details option is used

1.7.2  -  Feb 3, 2023

- fix bug which lead to crash for some preview resolutions

1.7.1  -  Jan 30, 2023

- add new depth model "Accurate 2023"

1.7.0  -  Jan 25, 2023

- enable multi-frame rendering
- more options for temporal stability
- improve details enhancing algorithm

1.5.3  -  Jan 18, 2023

- small bug fixes

1.5.2  -  Dec 12, 2022

- improve extra details accuracy
- attention: when using mode "raw", the depth values may change from prior versions!

1.5.1  -  Dec 8, 2022

- reduce flickering
- improved grace period for online activation

1.5.0  -  Dec 7, 2022

- added new option "Extra Details" which gives much finer depth details
- small performance and usability improvements

1.4.9  -  Dec 6, 2022

- fix temporal smoothing with hardware acceleration enabled

1.4.8  -  Nov 25, 2022

- fix installation bug

1.4.7  -  Nov 24, 2022

- fix bug which lead to crash on older versions of MacOS

1.4.4  -  Nov 21, 2022

- deprecate heatmap output mode for performance and compatibility reasons. please use Colorama effect with preset "Old Glory" as a replacement.

1.4.2  -  Nov 8, 2022

- improve detail enhancement performance on m1/m2 devices with "hardware acceleration" enabled

1.4.1  -  Nov 8, 2022

- fix bug which lead to error on applying plugin in some cases

1.4.0  -  Nov 7, 2022

- increase performance of depth estimation on m1/m2 devices with "hardware acceleration" enabled.

1.4.0  -  Nov 7, 2022

- increase performance of depth estimation on m1/m2 devices with "hardware acceleration" enabled.

1.3.8  -  Oct 27, 2022

- Initial version for macOS

Depth Scanner for Windows

1.16.1  (Current version)  -  Nov 18, 2024

Add ML Depth Pro model. Deprecate old legacy models. Compatibility update. If you use several of our plugins please update all to the latest version.

1.15.13  -  Oct 17, 2024

Update installers to recognize latest AE release.

1.15.12  -  Oct 7, 2024

Fix component manager not being shown sometimes.

1.15.11  -  Sep 30, 2024

Fix crash on loading project with certain other effects present.

1.15.10  -  Sep 19, 2024

Fix crash on cpu-only installations.

1.15.9  -  Sep 16, 2024

Update some libraries to ensure compatibility across plugins.

1.15.8  -  Aug 28, 2024

Improve loading times if certain other plugins are present.

1.15.7  -  Aug 19, 2024

Fix loading error on systems with some 3rdparty plugins.

1.15.6  -  Aug 13, 2024

Fix crash on playback stopping.

1.15.5  -  Aug 1, 2024

Add back missing register button.

1.15.4  -  Aug 1, 2024

Fix crash that happened after internal error.

1.15.3  -  Jul 29, 2024

All our plugins can be run in the same AE session now.

1.15.0  -  Jul 16, 2024

- add Depth Anything v2 Large Indoor model

1.14.3  -  Jul 1, 2024

- fixed memory leak that could lead to crashes during long renderings
- ensure proper error logging if startup fails

1.14.3  -  Jul 1, 2024

- fixed memory leak that could lead to crashes during long renderings
- ensure proper error logging if startup fails

1.14.0  -  Jun 19, 2024

- added Depth Anything v2 model

1.13.3  -  Apr 29, 2024

- improved responsiveness on parameter dragging
- fixed model loading bug

1.12.12  -  Mar 11, 2024

- make installer run on systems with non-default windows configurations

1.12.9  -  Feb 27, 2024

- fix installer not being accessible from aescripts manager app

1.12.7.2  -  Feb 27, 2024

- added fallback server to our installers. only use this option if you have trouble connecting to our primary servers. on MacOS we provide a second installer and on Windows you can choose the fallback server from the installer.

1.12.7  -  Feb 27, 2024

- added fallback server to our installers. only use this option if you have trouble connecting to our primary servers. on MacOS we provide a second installer and on Windows you can choose the fallback server from the installer.

1.12.6  -  Feb 16, 2024

- improved internal caching mechanism. this will render faster in some cases.

1.12.5  -  Feb 9, 2024

- fix wrong frame rendered if effect applied to trimmed precomp
- better error logging

1.12.2  -  Feb 7, 2024

- fix crash on effect duplication

1.12.2  -  Feb 7, 2024

- fix crash on effect duplication

1.12.1  -  Feb 5, 2024

- add Depth Anything models
- add option for higher resolution

1.11.13  -  Nov 22, 2023

- fix crashes during rendering with media encoder

1.11.8  -  Nov 16, 2023

- fix cuda initialization on some devices

1.11.5  -  Oct 31, 2023

- move installer payload to more stable server. no functional changes.

1.11.4  -  Oct 17, 2023

- fix another library loading bug

1.11.1  -  Oct 16, 2023

- fix plugin initialization on non-nvidia systems

1.11.0  -  Oct 9, 2023

- update underlying ai libraries for better performance and stability

1.10.4  -  Oct 5, 2023

- fix installer bug which lead to missing dependency on some systems

1.10.3  -  Oct 4, 2023

- make installer compatible with upcoming AE 2024

1.10.2  -  Sep 21, 2023

- increase logging verbosity during plugin loading

1.10.1  -  Sep 19, 2023

-better initialization logging

1.10.0  -  Sep 13, 2023

- add improved temporal stability feature

1.9.5  -  Aug 30, 2023

- fix plugin initialization on some systems

1.9.3  -  Aug 22, 2023

- small bug fixes

1.9.3  -  Aug 22, 2023

- small bug fixes

1.8.3  -  Jul 7, 2023

- small bug fixes

1.8.1  -  May 15, 2023

- update to library, no functional changes

1.8.0  -  Apr 14, 2023

- add new accurate 2023 v2 model, which gives best results on indoor images and videos
- revamp extra details option to produce less artifacts
- set older models to "deprecated" mode. In order to use them, read https://docs.blaceplugins.com/deprecated_models.html
- slightly improve temporal stability

1.7.4  -  Feb 22, 2023

- fix bug that lead to crash on adding of the plugin

1.7.3  -  Feb 10, 2023

- improve temporal consistency when extra details option is used

1.7.2  -  Feb 3, 2023

- fix bug which lead to crash for some preview resolutions

1.7.1  -  Jan 30, 2023

- add new depth model "Accurate 2023"

1.7.0  -  Jan 25, 2023

- enable multi-frame rendering
- more options for temporal stability
- improve details enhancing algorithm

1.5.3  -  Jan 18, 2023

- small bug fixes

1.5.2  -  Dec 12, 2022

- improve extra details accuracy
- attention: when using mode "raw", the depth values may change from prior versions!

1.5.1  -  Dec 8, 2022

- reduce flickering
- improved grace period for online activation

1.5.0  -  Dec 7, 2022

- added new option "Extra Details" which gives much finer depth details
- small performance and usability improvements

1.3.8  -  Sep 9, 2022

- fix ghosting if temporal smoothing is active

1.3.7  -  Sep 8, 2022

-performance improvement for some cases

1.3.6  -  Sep 7, 2022

- fix bug regarding logging

1.3.5  -  Sep 6, 2022

- better performance for detail enhancement
- fix bug which could lead to error message on startup

1.3.4  -  Aug 27, 2022

- fix frame offset bug
- fix parameter display

1.3.3  -  Aug 24, 2022

- update license framework
- make logging optional
- bugfixes and performance improvements

1.3.2  -  Jun 23, 2022

- plugin now writes logfiles

1.3.1  -  Jun 9, 2022

- bugfix for floating point licenses

1.3.0  -  Apr 12, 2022

- performance improvements
-reworked detail enhancement algorithm

1.2.2  -  Mar 4, 2022

- stability improvements
- implement better sharpening algorithm

1.2.1  -  Feb 11, 2022

- improved detail enhancing algorithm

1.2.0  -  Feb 9, 2022

- several improvements to depth map quality and temporal stability
- new sharpening filter
- some bugfixes
- more intuitive options
- installer doesn't download large files if they are already present
- attention: breaks backwards compatibility. old projects opened with 1.2.0 will produce different results

1.1.4  -  Dec 8, 2021

- fixed out-of-memory error on cuda

1.1.3  -  Dec 7, 2021

- add support for arbitrary (uneven) resolutions
- improve stability in gpu mode
- improve multi-frame rendering performance
- better error handling

1.1.1  -  Dec 1, 2021

- compatibility with AE 2021
- bugfixes

1.1.0  -  Nov 18, 2021

- added uninstaller
- improve stability

1.0.0  -  Nov 18, 2021

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