1.
Figure 6.1 A simple scene with two default items, a camera and a light, ready to be put
in motion.
2. Select the camera in one of two ways: by clicking directly on it, or by choosing the
Cameras button at the bottom of the interface.
3. When selected, the camera will highlight yellow, and you??™ll see a dotted projection
extend out from the camera, as shown in Figure 6.2. This area is what the camera sees.
Figure 6.2 When you select a camera, Layout highlights it in yellow and extends dotted from
its ???lens??? to indicate its field of view.
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4. Make sure your timeline is set to frame 0, which will be the start of your simple
animation.
To understand how Auto Key works, we??™ll compare creation of a simple camera
animation with Auto Key on and off.
5. If it??™s activated, click the Auto Key button at the bottom center of the Layout interface
to turn it off. (The button is white when Auto Key is on and blue when it??™s off.)
Note
6. Press t to activate the
Move tool. This tool
is also found on the
Modify tab.
7. With the Move tool
active, click and drag on
the green handle that
appears for the selected
camera.
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