Depth Scanner Lite

Now with Depth Anything v2! Artificial Intelligence-based plugin for automatic easy depth estimation. Depth Scanner Lite is a slim variant of our Depth Scanner. It creates depth maps easily.

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Description

Depth Scanner Lite

Depth Scanner Lite is a slim variant of our Depth Scanner. It creates depth maps easily. 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


Feature comparison with Depth Scanner


Depth Scanner Lite Depth Scanner
Latest Depth AI
Multisamples up to 2 up to 16
Additional temporal stability model Edge Enhancement Depth based slicing


Features


ui

Simple settings!

Compared to its bigger brother Depth Scanner we have simplified the UI so you can find the best settings quick.

New: Depth Anything v2 model

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

tiger

Double Sampling

Compared to image based depth estimators our results will be more stable since the we randomly change the weights of the ai model across frames and average the results.


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.

What you can do with it


Post-processed DoF

dof

Add fog

fog

Parallax Mapping

Parallax

Depth based grading

grading


People are using it



Tutorials & Documentation


Documentation


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


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Discussions

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Version History

1.3.42 -

Nov 11, 2025

Updated licensing framework. Fix installer sometimes not pulling all needed libraries. Please update all of our other plugins as well.

1.3.41 -

Nov 4, 2025

Improve stability in composition with multiple effect instances. Please update all of our other plugins as well.

1.3.40 -

Oct 17, 2025

Fix black frame bug.

1.3.39 -

Oct 16, 2025

Update shared AI libraries.

1.3.36 -

Aug 12, 2025

Fix initializing bug on some systems with AMD cards.

1.3.35 -

Aug 4, 2025

Fix initializing bug with RTX 5xxx cards.

1.3.33 -

Jul 28, 2025

Improve error logging.

1.3.31 -

Jul 16, 2025

Compatibility update.

1.3.30 -

Jul 15, 2025

Fix for memory leak that could appear under some settings.

1.3.29 -

Jul 7, 2025

Compatibility update.

1.3.28 -

Jul 1, 2025

Fix 16bit mode causing artifacts in bright areas.

1.3.27 -

Jun 16, 2025

Fix for memory leak that could appear under some settings.

1.3.26 -

Jun 12, 2025

Improved performance and lower memory consumption across all models.

1.3.23 -

May 13, 2025

Make non-cuda version dependent on less system libraries.

1.3.20 -

May 7, 2025

Small performance update.

1.3.19 -

Apr 22, 2025

Fix bug which lead to gpu memory filling up.

1.3.18 -

Apr 17, 2025

Improve result caching. Fix conflicts with AE-internal GPU-enabled effects.

1.3.17 -

Apr 17, 2025

Fix error with 16bit compositions.

1.3.16 -

Apr 15, 2025

Improve plugin loading times.

1.3.15 -

Apr 2, 2025

Fix plugin loading on new AE versions for MacOS.

1.3.1 -

Nov 18, 2024

Compatibility update. If you use several of our plugins please update all to the latest version.

1.2.15 -

Oct 17, 2024

Update installers to recognize latest AE release.

1.2.14 -

Sep 30, 2024

Fix crash on loading project with certain other effects present.

1.2.13 -

Sep 19, 2024

Fix crash on cpu-only installations.

1.2.12 -

Sep 16, 2024

Update some libraries to ensure compatibility across plugins.

1.2.11 -

Aug 28, 2024

Improve loading times if certain other plugins are present.

1.2.10 -

Aug 19, 2024

Fix loading error on systems with some 3rdparty plugins.

1.2.9 -

Aug 13, 2024

Fix crash on playback stopping.

1.2.8 -

Aug 1, 2024

Add back missing register button.

1.2.6 -

Jul 29, 2024

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

1.2.3 -

Jul 1, 2024

- fixed memory leak that could lead to crashes during long renderings

- ensure proper error logging if startup fails

1.2.0 -

Jun 19, 2024

- add Depth Anything v2 model

1.1.3 -

Apr 29, 2024

- improved responsiveness on parameter dragging

- fixed model loading bug

1.0.6 -

Mar 11, 2024

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

1.0.3 -

Mar 6, 2024

Initial Release

Compatibility

After Effects

2025, 2024, 2023