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notlongago

11-28-2006, 07:23 AM

Hi
i am trying to create a scene where i have multiple cuts that are represented by differrent cameras. It is all god, but i cannot find a way to enable certain cameras at certain frames. For example i want one camera to be active first 35 frames, then disable first one and enable the next one etc.

Any ideas?

Wegg

11-28-2006, 04:28 PM

Create a bunch of nulls. Then parent the camera to the null and position them using the null instead of the camera. When you have all your nulls set up right. . . use the multiparent (http://www.animationsnippets.com/plugins/index.html) plugin to pop the camera from null to null.

notlongago

11-29-2006, 10:11 AM

Thank you Wegg, i was looking for an embedded solution, but hey this would work too.

thank you again.

ThomasHelzle

11-29-2006, 02:41 PM

You can do what you want with expressions.
I don't have my messiah dongle with me on the current gig but I did what you want in a project some years ago.

Look for something like "active camera" and create conditionals that check the current frame.

If you can't find a solution, I can dig something up next week.

Cheers.

notlongago

11-30-2006, 08:21 AM

Hi Thomas thank you for the answer, i think i will follow Wegg`s solution for now due to limited time.

You can do what you want with expressions.
I don't have my messiah dongle with me on the current gig but I did what you want in a project some years ago.

Look for something like "active camera" and create conditionals that check the current frame.

If you can't find a solution, I can dig something up next week.

Cheers.

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