Kelley Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Frequently i see angles I like by moving the Choreography window, but find it difficult to re-capture it exactly when adjusting the camera in the Side/Front/Top windows. After moving the camera, is there a way to tell A:M to fix it in position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 If you move/pan/rotate when inside camera view (Numpad 1) then the camera will move with the view you see......because you're "inside" it. But there's currently no way to automatically position the camera to a view outside it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelley Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 Ken: I have three cameras at the moment. Let's say I'm looking through #1. If I move the camera's view using the Turn tool in the Navigation toolbar, can I lock the camera to the new view? When I use the NumPad_1, it cycles me to the next camera. Holding it down cycles thru the series. At the moment, the Turn tool is the only choice for moving the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It would be cool if you could manipulate the cameras 'rotator' while looking thru it... It would also be cool to be able to 'look thru' lights, and aim them while looking thru... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Don't you people ever hold down the or keys while you're manipulating through the camera's POV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandoriastudios Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Martin--I do (all the time). It's funny how much all of us old timers assume that everyone already knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Martin--I do (all the time). It's funny how much all of us old timers assume that everyone already knows! We're talking about Matt, Ken and Kel, here. They are "old-timers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Maybe you should start an 'old-timer' undocumented tips thread - I'm sure there are lots of little things that would speed up the day. I stumbled across it in this post and I haven't seen it before or since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 IMAGINE my chagrin! Thanks for the tip...can't wait to try it out...how have I ever done without it? WHAT ELSE don't I know about??? PS---I'll be out of town for the next week...away from civilization and computers...carry-on amongst yourselves. TRY to get along without me, will you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelley Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 Don't you people ever hold down the or keys while you're manipulating through the camera's POV? Ooops! The feeling of being an utter simpleton is at least balanced by the simplicity of the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I don't consider myself as an oldtimer, but I got that old timer disease.....what's it called?...........oh heck, I can't remember. But anyway, I can't remember what keys to use to move the camera. So, i keep changing views and move the camera that way. I guess I'm lucky I remember even that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainLock Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Maybe you should start an 'old-timer' undocumented tips thread.FWIW, the camera controls are documented in the new Technical Reference Manual. But there are a few errors in that section. Some are Mac-related. The others may or may not be Mac-connected. I haven't tried it on a Windows box in quite a while to see for certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 We're talking about Matt, Ken and Kel, here. They are "old-timers." Hey....I just spent my first post trying to explain that to Robert! Don't people read anymore!? Edit: I didn't specifically mention the Control and Shift keys, but I thought that was a given. And I use the middle mouse button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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