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  • Zoom out of a 3D field

    Posted by Ajda Pretnar on September 14, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Hi everyone,

    I’m sorry if I’m repeating a question, but I can’t find it anywhere online. I would like to zoom out of the 3d field in my preview window. Yes, I’m having a hard time explaining, very sorry for that.

    In a tutorial I’m watching a guy has this scroll thing:

    What he does is very simply zoom in and out on layers in 3d with this thing, but I can’t find this scroll anywhere.

    How do you adjust zoom in preview? Or do you actually need to resize all layers every time you want to see a detail in 3d (such as aligning objects)?

    Thank you very much and sorry for the confused explanation!

    Ajda

    Kalleheikki Kannisto replied 10 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Daniel Waldron

    September 14, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    Hit “c” on your keyboard until you see that icon. It is the Track Z Camera tool that will move your camera in z space. Of course, you have to have a camera in your composition for it to work.

  • Ajda Pretnar

    September 14, 2015 at 7:48 pm

    Thank you, Daniel! This is truly helpful!

    However, the guy in the tutorial did not make one, so I am wondering if there’s another trick somewhere. 🙂

  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    September 15, 2015 at 8:14 am

    Select “Custom view” instead of “Active Camera” below the viewport.

  • Ajda Pretnar

    September 15, 2015 at 8:27 am

    Thanks, but I did that. Still not out enough.

  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    September 15, 2015 at 8:57 am

    Once you’ve switched the view, use the camera zoom tool. You can zoom out as far as you want.

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