• Adobe After Effects

  Fix camera on point of interest?

  Posted by Ljusto Struhar on August 6, 2008 at 10:47 am

  Hey guys, this is literally driving me crazy. I have a camera and a null object, I want to rotate and distance the camera from it while keeping it focused on the immobile null object (point of interest).

  I’ve used the expression to pickwhip the camera’s point of interest to the null object position. I’ve also auto-oriented the camera to the POI.

  But when keyframe the camera into moving and rotating, it doesn’t focus on the POI.

  What am I doing wrong??

  Thanks!

  David Bogie replied 17 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Patrick Hearn

  August 6, 2008 at 11:19 am

  Parent the camera to the null and rotate the null object, make sure it’s in 3d.
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  Ljusto Struhar

  August 6, 2008 at 12:07 pm

  Thanks man, I can’t believe I haven’t thought of that.
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  David Bogie

  August 6, 2008 at 4:34 pm

  Nulls are very cool. Worth investigating in great detail.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

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