ortho style zoom in ShotCam?

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# 1 25-02-2009 , 07:40 AM

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Hi everybody,

I was wondering if it's possible to zoom in and pan on a shot without changing the depth or relative distance of the objects in a shot camera like you can in the orthographic views? It would be really useful for doing little animation tweaks.

Thanks in advance
Simon

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# 2 25-02-2009 , 08:26 AM

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perhaps just key the focal length?

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# 3 25-02-2009 , 08:47 AM

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Thanks for the reply, yeah focal length does work but I'd like to be able to pan around too.

Simon :-)

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# 4 25-02-2009 , 09:29 AM

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whats wrong with attaching a camera to a motion curve? is that not what you are after?

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# 5 25-02-2009 , 10:29 AM

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I'm trying to find a way essentially of just zooming in on what I have and panning in X and Y without changing the angle I'm looking at, like you get in the ortho front, side and top views, with no sense of depth of perspective.

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