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Jockomo
06-04-2007, 09:30 PM
Is there a way to lock a scene camera so I don't accidently confuse it for the editor camera and screw up my positioning?

Also is there a way to see the background in the scene camera but not see the background in the editor camera? (without changing the render settings each time i switch between the two).

Thanks
bobtronic
06-04-2007, 10:14 PM
Is there a way to lock a scene camera so I don't accidently confuse it for the editor camera and screw up my positioning?

use the Protection tag on the camera

cheers,
Bob
Rantin Al
06-04-2007, 10:31 PM
Better still use Lennart's NONO (http://www.tcastudios.com/) tag which bolts it to the deck making it unselectable.
Look under the xfiles link.

Cheers, Alan.
basilisk
06-05-2007, 11:05 AM
once you put a keyframe on an object, if it has been moved it will snap back to place if you scrub the timeline (so long as auto keyframing is turned off). If I am using a camera for a stills render, I just keyframe it in frame 1.
Jorge Arango
06-05-2007, 01:27 PM
once you put a keyframe on an object, if it has been moved it will snap back to place if you scrub the timeline (so long as auto keyframing is turned off). If I am using a camera for a stills render, I just keyframe it in frame 1.


Don't forget to also keyframe the camera's focal length.


Jorge Arango
Jockomo
06-05-2007, 01:55 PM
Thanks for the replys everyone. And thanks for that link Alan, there are some very useful plugins there!
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