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Racknahm
05-05-2008, 05:54 AM
I was planning out a 3d animated short and one of the parts requires a dolly zoom shot, but I don't know how to create that effect on Maya.

For those of who don't know what is a dolly zoom, it's when the camera moves towards a zoomed in object at the same time as zooming out or the camera moving away from the object while zooming into the object. Here is a compilation of dolly zooms in movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y48R6-iIYHs
Mr. D
05-05-2008, 05:50 PM
Hello

You answered your own question, a dolly is a camera move, so that is what you'll do in this case

Mr. D
Racknahm
05-07-2008, 03:58 AM
Hello

You answered your own question, a dolly is a camera move, so that is what you'll do in this case

Mr. D
Thank you for the advice, but it's not what I wanted. What I didn't know was how to zoom in and out of a shot.

Luckily, I had a friend who knew how to do it.
andrewhake
06-04-2008, 02:45 AM
don't think of it as zooming just think of it and discuss it as changing the focal length of the lense.
JockeP
06-07-2008, 02:45 PM
As andrewhawk says, its about focal length. Just do your zoom and change the focal length and youll have your dolly zoom.
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