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  • Layer Focus

    Posted by Scott Fien on February 17, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Hello all! I have a comp (comp-1) within a comp (comp-Final). I want to move a camera in reverse from behind and through the center of comp-1 while keeping comp-1 in focus at all times. Right now, as the camera moves away from comp-1, it gradually regains focus the farther away the camera gets from the comp. My swiss cheese brain isn’t remembering the simple step to allow me to preserve focus throughout the camera move. Isn’t this a simple setting on the camera or comp-1? Any reminders? Thanks!!

    Todd Kopriva replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Todd Kopriva

    February 17, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    If I understand your question correctly, the example in the “Example: Match camera focal plane to another layer” section of After Effects Help may help. It matches the Focus Distance property of a camera layer to the distance to the anchor point of a layer.

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