copyright 2011 wanda dann, steve cooper, don slater alice workshop more precise positioning camera...
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Copyright 2011Wanda Dann, Steve Cooper, Don Slater
Alice Workshop
More Precise PositioningCamera Marker
One-shot methodsSaving a world
Copyright 2011Wanda Dann, Steve Cooper, Don Slater
Relative Position In the preview, a table was located in front of
garfield and odie. Jon was off-camera (to the right, as you view the
scene)
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Relative positioning
Positioning objects relative to one another often involves Moving the camera to get a close-up view Precise positioning (often times, more precise
than can be accomplished using a mouse)
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Think ahead!
Relative positioning often requires moving the camera… but moving the camera will change the opening camera position in the initial scene setup.
Solution: Place a marker at the camera’s opening
location… will allow you to return the camera to the opening position, as needed.
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More controls in scene editor
In the scene editor, click on the More controls button
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Dropping a dummy marker
Click on the Drop Dummy at Camera button.
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Rename Dummy Marker In the Object Tree, right-click on “”dummy”and rename it
to a more meaningful name, such as originalPosition (not required, but very useful!)
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Positioning (in front of)
Add a table and position in front of garfield and odie.
Notice that it is difficult to know the relative position… is the table close enough?
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One-shot actions
One technique for viewing the relative positioning of objects is to the camera’s “get a good look at” method as a one-shot Method – an action One-shot – happens one time only, as the
scene is being setup
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Using a one-shotUse a one-shot to get a close-up view of the
table
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Did it work?
Is the table close enough… or too close?
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Adjust position
As needed, adjust position of table, garfield, and odie.
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Reset camera position To return the camera to its original position
Pull-down the menu for the move camera to dummy button and select the originalPosition marker.
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Alternate technique
Use camera navigation arrows to move the camera in for a close-up view
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Reset camera position To return the camera to its original position
Pull-down the menu for the move camera to dummy button and select the originalPosition marker.
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Your turn
Use a one-shot method to have garfield turn to face the camera. odie turn to face garfield.
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Save
Be sure to save the world every half-hour, or so…
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