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# 1 05-08-2008 , 12:56 AM
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Constrain camera to water drop?

I imported my mesh of a simple drop of water splashing into a pool. wondering how I can constrain a camera so that it follows the drop -- so that the drop is centered with the Film Origin of the camera.

Was hoping there would be a way to constrain a face of the water drop to the camera, but not sure how to do it.

# 2 05-08-2008 , 03:01 AM
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Re: Constrain camera to water drop?

Originally posted by richchong
I imported my mesh of a simple drop of water splashing into a pool. wondering how I can constrain a camera so that it follows the drop -- so that the drop is centered with the Film Origin of the camera.

Was hoping there would be a way to constrain a face of the water drop to the camera, but not sure how to do it.

Duplicate a face on the model, tell Maya not to render it, and parent the camera's aim to the face?


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# 3 05-08-2008 , 03:28 AM
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i just tried that, but since it is a realflow mesh, there are no translation properties on the face i duplicate so the camera remains stationary.

# 4 05-08-2008 , 03:40 AM
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Then you may need to create a dummy object and snap or constrain it to the drop to get the coordinates right, then do what suggested above.


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