View source for Blender-4.1/C2/Camera-View-Settings/English

'''Title''': Camera View Settings

'''Author:''' Pooja Jha & Arthi Varadarajan

'''Keywords''': blender 4.1, camera view, roll, pan, dolly, track, video tutorial.



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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''
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|| '''Slide Number 1'''


'''Title Slide'''
|| Welcome to this spoken tutorial on '''Camera view settings '''in''' Blender.'''
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|| '''Slide Number 2'''


'''Learning Objectives'''
|| In this tutorial, we will learn to:
* Change the location of the camera to get a new camera view
* '''Roll, pan, dolly '''and '''track '''the '''camera view''' and 
* Select a new '''camera''' view using the '''fly mode'''.


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|| '''Slide Number 3'''

'''Software and System Requirements'''
|| To record this tutorial, I am using

* '''Mac OS version 14.5'''

* '''Blender version 4.1'''

It is recommended to install '''Blender version 4.1 '''or higher.
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|| '''Slide Number 4'''


'''Pre-requisites'''
|| To follow this tutorial, 
* The learner must be familiar with the '''3D viewport '''in''' blender.'''

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|| Cursor on the interface.
|| I have already opened '''Blender'''.

Let us see how to navigate the camera.

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|| Hover the cursor on '''User Perspective''',

at the top left corner of '''3D viewport'''.
|| By default, when '''Blender''' opens, the '''3D viewport''' is in the '''User Perspective view'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| Now, let’s switch to the''' camera view'''.
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|| Click on '''View''' option 

'''Camera''' >> '''Active Camera '''

|| Go to the ''' 3D viewport menu bar''' and click on '''View'''.


A menu opens. 

Navigate to '''Cameras'''.

From the sub-menu select '''Active Camera'''.
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|| Press numpad 0.
|| For keyboard shortcut, press '''numpad 0'''.
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|| Hover around the dotted box
|| We can now see the '''camera view'''.

The dotted box around the cube is the field of view of the '''Active camera'''.

All objects inside this box will be rendered.
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|| Only Narration
|| '''Blender '''allows us to position the active '''camera'''.

It also allows us to orient the active '''camera''' to match our current view point.

Let’s see how to do this.
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|| Video editor:

'''Numpad 0'''
|| Press '''numpad 0 ''' to go back to the '''perspective view'''.

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|| Press 0 twice
|| The shortcut '''numpad 0 ''' is a toggle to switch-to and from the '''camera view'''.
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|| Hold the mouse wheel.

Move the mouse.
|| Hold the '''mouse wheel''' or the ''' middle mouse button'''.


Then move the '''mouse wheel''' to rotate the camera view.
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|| Only Narration
|| This will help us to change the location where we wish to place the '''camera'''.
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|| Click on the cube
|| Make sure the '''cube''' is selected.
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|| Video editor:

'''Ctrl''', '''Alt''' and '''Numpad 0'''
|| Press '''Ctrl''', '''Alt''' and '''numpad 0''' keys together.
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|| Point to the camera. 
|| Observe that the '''camera''' moves to the new location.


Also, the '''3D view''' switches to the '''camera view''' at the same time.
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|| Only Narration
|| '''Blender''' also allows us to perform a few navigational actions on the '''camera'''.

These are rolling, panning, tracking etc.

We shall now look at these.
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|| click on the dotted box.
|| Click on the dotted box to select the '''camera'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| Now, we can manipulate the camera like we would manipulate any other object.


Remember that to perform these actions we need to be in the '''camera view'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| The first action we shall see is to '''roll ''' the '''camera view'''.
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|| Video editor: '''R'''
|| Press '''R '''on your keyboard to enter the object rotation mode.
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|| Move your mouse left and right
|| Now move your mouse left to right and up and down.
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|| Only Narration
|| By default this rotates the camera in its local '''z-axis'''.


The local '''z-axis''' is an imaginary axis that goes in or out of the camera's view.
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|| Video editor: '''Esc'''
|| Right click or press '''Esc ''' on the keyboard to cancel the action.
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|| Point to the view.
|| This will take you back to your previous''' camera view.'''
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|| Only Narration
|| The next action we shall see is panning the '''camera view'''.
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|| Hover left to right and up and down
|| '''Panning''' is in 2 directions – left to right or up and down.
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|| Video editor: '''R'''. 


Video editor: '''X '''twice
|| Press '''R ''' to enter the object rotation mode. 

Press '''X '''twice.
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|| Only Narration
|| The first '''X '''locks the rotation to the global x-axis.

The second '''X ''' locks the rotation to the local x-axis.
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|| Move the mouse up and down
|| Now move the mouse up and down.
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|| Only Narration
|| The '''camera view''' pans up and down.
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|| Video editor: '''Y '''twice
|| Press '''Y '''twice.
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|| Only Narration
|| The first '''Y '''locks the rotation to the '''global y-axis.'''

The second '''Y '''locks the rotation to the '''local y-axis.'''
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|| Move the mouse left to right
|| Now move the mouse left to right.
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|| Only Narration
|| The '''camera view''' pans left to right and vice versa.
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|| Right click or Press ESc
|| Press '''Esc''' to go back to the''' '''previous''' camera view'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| Next we shall '''dolly '''the camera. 

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|| Only Narration
|| '''Dolly ''' supports moving the view-point to a different place. 

It also allows us to transport the view from one place to another.


There are two ways to do this.
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|| Video editor: '''G'''

Move the mouse up and down.
|| First press '''G '''on the keyboard.

Then hold the mouse wheel.

Now, move the mouse wheel up and down.

Right click to go back to the '''camera view'''. 
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|| Only Narration
|| In the second way, you can move the camera along its local '''z-axis'''.
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|| Video editor: '''G'''

Video editor: '''Z '''twice

Move the mouse.
|| Press '''G ''' on the keyboard.

Then press '''Z ''' twice to lock the camera to the local '''z- axis'''.

Now, moving the mouse gives the same effect.
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|| Right click
|| Right click to go back to the previous '''camera view'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| Moving the camera along '''local X''' or '''Y axis''' tracks left-right or up-down motion.
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|| Video editor: '''G'''

Video editor: '''X '''twice 

Move the mouse left to right.
|| Press '''G'''. 

Now press '''X '''twice.

Then move the mouse left to right.
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|| Only Narration
|| The '''camera view''' tracks left to right and vice versa.
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|| Right click
|| Right click to go back to the previous '''camera view'''. 

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|| Video editor: '''G'''

Video editor: '''Y '''twice

Move the mouse up and down
|| Now, Press '''G''' and press '''Y '''twice.

Move the mouse up and down.
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|| Only Narration
|| The '''camera view ''' tracks up and down.
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|| Right click
|| Right click to go back to the previous '''camera view'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| '''Blender''' also provides a '''fly mode''' for the camera.
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|| Video editor:

'''Shift and Tilde(~)''' 
|| Press '''Shift '''and''' Tilde '''keys to enter the '''camera fly mode'''.
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|| Only Narration
|| When''' camera fly mode '''is '''ON''' then mouse movement pans the view accordingly.
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|| Only Narration
|| Let us now use the keyboard shortcut keys as shown.
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|| Video editor: '''W '''
|| Press '''W ''' to zoom into the''' camera view'''.
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|| Video editor: '''S '''
|| Press '''S '''to zoom out the '''camera view.'''
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|| Video editor: '''A '''
|| On pressing '''A ''' camera is moving to right side.
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|| Video editor: '''D '''
||On pressing '''D''', camera is moving to left side. 
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|| Video editor: '''Q '''
|| Press '''Q''', to shift the '''camera view''' upwards.
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|| Video editor: '''E '''
|| Press '''E''', to shift the '''camera view''' downwards.
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|| Left click
|| Next, left click on the mouse to lock the''' camera view'''.

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|| Only Narration
|| Observe that, now we see the new '''camera view'''.


This brings us to the end of the tutorial.

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|| '''Slide Number 5'''

'''Summary '''

|| Let us summarize.

In this tutorial, we have learnt to

* Change the location of the camera to get a new camera view
* Roll, pan, dolly and track the camera view and 
* Select a new camera view using the fly mode

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|| '''Slide Number 6'''


'''Assignment'''
|| As an assignment, please do the following

* Add a '''cone''' to the right side of the '''cube'''
* Go to camera view
* Go to''' fly mode''' and zoom out the camera view
* Both '''cube''' and '''cone''' should be visible inside the camera view

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|| '''Slide Number 7'''


'''About the Spoken Tutorial Project'''
|| The video at the following link summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial project.'''

Please download and watch it.
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|| '''Slide Number 8'''


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|| The '''Spoken Tutorial Project''' team conducts workshops and gives certificates.


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|| '''Slide Number 9'''


'''Answers for THIS Spoken Tutorial'''
|| Please post your timed queries in this''' forum'''.
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|| '''Slide Number 10'''


'''FOSSEE Forum'''
|| For any general or technical questions on '''Blender,''' visit the '''FOSSEE forum '''and post your question.
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|| '''Slide Number 11'''


'''Acknowledgement'''
|| '''Spoken Tutorial''' project was established by the '''Ministry of Education''', '''Government of India'''.

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|| 
|| This is Arthi along with Sejal from '''IIT Bombay''' signing off.

Thank you for joining.

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