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Moving layers, Stupid layer pullback.
OK, I love you guys and think your haircuts are real swell, generally, with the exception of Ultimate Bart… but I’m just being honest here.
Today’s question: When keying position and point of interest properties on a camera, why does the angle swing after I key it to stop suddenly.
If you know exactly what I’m talking about you can skip the next paragraph.
I move the camera from A position to B position, then leave it at B position for 20 frames, and then move it again. This takes two instances of the same properties, the B position copied and pasted 20 frames down the time line, between which I would expect it not to move? But it does. It swings into place and lands after I’ve told it to stop moving.
Is there a setting for cutting the continued motion? Is this a curve swinging back to my keyed property? What is happening exactly? Also, moving a single object’s position can have this problem too, swinging after the frame that SHOULD end it’s movement.
Any ideas? These little quirks drive me mad with complicated comps.
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Keyframe interpolation is probably set to default to Bezier. You want it to be linear. See the online help for keyframes, keep look.
Also, if you’re setting both camera rotations AND point of interest keyframes, your camera will point all over the place. Use one or the other or parent the camera to a null.
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bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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[bogiesan] “Also, if you’re setting both camera rotations AND point of interest keyframes, your camera will point all over the place. Use one or the other or parent the camera to a null.”
I usually turn Auto-Orient off and rotate my camera by hand. You can do this by right clicking the camera layer and selecting Transform > Auto-Orient… and setting it to ‘Off.’ It’s an option =)
Darby Edelen
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Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA
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