• Adobe After Effects

  Camera on a wide orbit

  Posted by James Cook on February 19, 2014 at 9:21 pm

  Im making a big room in 3d space in AE, but one thing that is annoying me is that when I orbit the camera it rotates around the whole room and goes outside of the walls. When I orbit it I want the camera to stay in place and just rotate, like if you were standing in a room and just turning in a circle.

  Joseph W. bourke replied 12 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Joseph W. bourke

  February 20, 2014 at 2:42 am

  Sounds as if you’re using a Target Camera – try using a Free Camera. There are also several ways to make Max’s cameras more friendly using nulls to rig them, but the Free Camera will do the trick for what you described.

  Joe Bourke
  Owner/Creative Director
  Bourke Media
  http://www.bourkemedia.com
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  Joseph W. bourke

  February 20, 2014 at 2:44 am

  Sorry Jamie – I was in 3DS Max mode. In AE, there’s the same sort of solution. Use the One Node Camera as opposed to the Two Node Camera:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/en/after-effects/using/cameras-lights-points-interest.html

  Joe Bourke
  Owner/Creative Director
  Bourke Media
  http://www.bourkemedia.com

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