Depth of field for a camera in a media-editing application

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

• providing a display area for displaying a scene comprising media objects in a media-editing application;
• providing a camera user interface (UI) tool within the display area to represent a particular field of view from which to render the scene;
• providing a tool for receiving a command to modify one or more of a set of depth of field parameters of the camera UI tool over a set duration, the set of depth of field parameters comprising at least one of:
• a focus offset, a near focus, and a far focus;
• receiving the command to modify the one or more of the set of depth of field parameters of the camera UI tool, the command comprising selection of a focus behavior for the particular field of view and selection of the set duration for modifying the one or more of the set of depth of field parameters of the camera UI tool;
• and
• providing a tool for rendering a video of the scene, from a perspective of a virtual camera having the particular field of view, in which the focus behavior is modified in accordance with the command for the set duration.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes:
• providing, by the one or more processors, a display area for displaying a scene comprising media objects in a media-editing application;
• providing, by the one or more processors, a camera user interface (UI) tool within the display area to represent a particular field of view from which to render the scene;
• providing, by the one or more processors, a tool for receiving a command to modify one or more of a set of depth of field parameters of the camera UI tool over a set duration, the set of depth of field parameters comprising at least one of:
• a focus offset, a near focus, and a far focus;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, the command to modify the one or more of the set of depth of field parameters of the camera UI tool, the command comprising selection of a focus behavior for the particular field of view and selection of the set duration for modifying the one or more of the set of depth of field parameters of the camera UI tool;
• and
• providing, by the one or more processors, a tool for rendering a video of the scene, from a perspective of a virtual camera having the particular field of view, in which the focus behavior is modified in accordance with the command for the set duration.