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Control Duplicate Cameras with Main Comp Camera
I’m working on a project that has a main comp and a few pre-comps. Inside the pre-comps, there is also a camera that must be exactly the same as the camera in the main comp so that everything lines up. It’s a Classic 3D/Ray-Traced 3D combination. AE has trouble rendering all of that in 4K at once, so I simplified by separating what needed raytracing.
What I need to know is this… Is there a way to link pre-comp cameras to the main camera so that every time I make a change to the main camera, it automatically updates the pre-comp cameras. It’s a pain having to update the pre-comp cameras every time I make a change because it’s such an elaborate comp.
-Scott
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Yes, you can do this with expressions. Just change the names of the comps and cameras in the expressions appropriately. You’ll have to link whatever attributes you intend to change. Put these expressions in the precomp cameras that you want to follow the main comp camera
Point of Interest:
comp(“MainComp”).layer(“MainCompCamera”).transform.pointOfInterestPosition:
comp(“MainComp”).layer(“MainCompCamera”).transform.positionOrientation:
comp(“MainComp”).layer(“MainCompCamera”).transform.orientationX rotation:
comp(“MainComp”).layer(“MainCompCamera”).transform.xRotationY rotation:
comp(“MainComp”).layer(“MainCompCamera”).transform.yRotationZ rotation:
comp(“MainComp”).layer(“MainCompCamera”).transform.zRotationIf you are changing other camera options, you’ll have to put an expression for each. The easiest way to do this is to have both timelines visible, open up both cameras, option-click on the child property you want to link, then use the pickwhip and drag it to the parent property.
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Sincerely,
George
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George is right on the spot, but I would add that if you are changing the parameters frecuently on your main camera you might be better off adding a null with some expression controls and then declare variables for each parameter. Then you can lock the effects control panel for the null, undock it and have it permanently floating on top of your other panels for faster access.
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Thanks! I’ll give this a try in the morning! Or maybe even right now… 🙂
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Video Copilot has a free script with tutorial here: https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/3d_pre-compose_script/
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