• Adobe After Effects

  Lock POI with orbit camera tool

  Posted by Olly Bea on April 24, 2007 at 9:28 am

  Hey everyone

  Just a quick question.

  Is it possible, when using a camera, to lock the point of interest to a particular point in 3d space, and then use the orbit camera tool. (The only reason I ask as opposed to traditional keyframing, is that the orbit camera tool is so much more immediate and quicker to use)

  Any help would be gratefully received.

  Olly

  Olly Bea replied 19 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andrew Kramer

  April 24, 2007 at 9:40 am

  You can create a 3D Null object and link Point of Interest to it with a pick whip expression.

  Then move the null around to where you want it and orbit the camera as needed. Remember though if you keyframe the position of the camera with the orbit tool it will interpolate “linearly”; otherwise meaning not in a circle as the orbit tool may seem to dictate but straight from one point to the other.

  Cheers,
  Andrew Kramer
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  Olly Bea

  April 24, 2007 at 10:15 am

  Superb, you are the greatest!

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