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Originally Posted by timej31
Hey Les
How did you manage to keep the camera focused on one part of the prop? I am new at this recording thing. But that looked neat. I love this thread. You guys make great videos.
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I'm not sure which part of the video you mean. But generally speaking, you shift the focus-point of the camera when in F2 external view by pressing the left and right mouse buttons while moving the mouse. One button zooms in and out, while the other moves the object in two dimensions, ie. like it's sitting on the surface of your screen.
It's possible I re-aligned the plane in the frame to have the propellor as the center point by using one or both of those mouse controller methods. Otherwise, it just would have been coincidental.
I can't actually remember if I was using a mouse or TrackIR for the general moving of the camera. TrackIR can be smoother than using the mouse and can help you track a focal point to keep it where you want it in screen, so it might have been that too.
I do remember though making an effort to just put the camera in one spot in relation to the plane and let the plane's own movement control the movement seen in the frame, so I suspect what you're referring to was a result of using the mouse with the left or right mouse button pressed (can't remember which button off the top of my head) to move the plane off it's default dead-centre position on screen and leave it there. Sounds like doing that at one point made the propellor the focal point of the shot. Might have even done it on purpose too
Sorry for the long non-answer. You've actually got me wondering how it all works now, and thinking, if the above is true, how that would enable some really interesting shots. Thanks for that.
04-27-2011, 08:12 PM
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