No ‘Point of Interest’ on Camera

[John Cuevas]

Press Cntl+Alt+O and make sure that Orient to Point of Interest is selected.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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[Vishesh Arora]

Mr. Stone

To be more specific about the point of interest, Change the Camera View(Below Viewer Panel) to Other views(say Top, Front, etc) and adjust as required.

Vishesh Arora
VFX and Motion Graphics Artist

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[Tommy Dimmel]

I know it’s been over 2 years since you posted this question, but I too ran into the same problem and I believe the solution is to make sure that your camera type is a “Two-Node Camera”. You can adjust this by clicking on your camera layer, then pressing command+shift+Y. At the top left (in After Effects CC) you will be able to select the type (either “one-node” or “two-node”). If it’s set on “one-node” it doesn’t require a point of interest to orient itself, and will therefore not have this as an adjustable option. You can read more about this here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/cameras-lights-points-interest.html#camera_settings

Specifically, it says:

“Type
One-Node Camera or Two-Node Camera. A one-node camera orients around itself, whereas a two-node camera has a point of interest and orients around that point. Making a camera a two-node camera is the same as setting a camera’s auto-orientation option (Layer > Transform > Auto-Orient) to Orient Towards Point Of Interest. (See Auto-Orientation options.)“

[Zamir A.]

Thank you so much Tommy!

[Ryan Talbot]

Thank you so much! I just ran into this problem as well and you’re absolutely correct. Glad to see there’s someone helpful on these forums once and a while.

[Tommy Dimmel]

Cheers!