Can you render the front camera view?
by Mark Young
on
Apr 28, 2008 at 8:26:07 pm
I was hoping someone could help me out with the following problem:
I'm trying to render out the front view camera in After Effects (not the active camera). The reason I'm after the front view is because it acts as a orthographic camera rather than a perspective camera.
Am I making sense here? It's kinda hard to explain.
Re: Can you render the front camera view? by Dave LaRonde on Apr 28, 2008 at 9:19:16 pm
You can use either the active camera or no camera at all. If you have multiple cameras, only the topmost camera will be active. You can, however, trim and duplicate a camera layer just like you would any other layer.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: Can you render the front camera view? by Mark Young on Apr 28, 2008 at 9:34:41 pm
Thanks for the reply,
Unfortunately the effect I'm looking for doesn't work with a camera (or no camera) in the comp. I want to get a render that has no perspective (as if you were looking at a front elevation on a blueprint).
Even if I have no camera in the comp the view still shows some perspective.
Re: Can you render the front camera view? by Dave LaRonde on Apr 28, 2008 at 10:18:35 pm
[Mark Young]"I want to get a render that has no perspective (as if you were looking at a front elevation on a blueprint). "
Eeeew... and similar sounds of discomfort.
That, I fear, is not possible rendering out of AE. I did think of a way to do it, but frankly, root canal would probably be preferable. Advance through your comp one frame at a time. Using a window-grabbing utility, grab each frame.
Painful, huh?
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: Can you render the front camera view? by Travis Roop on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:36:17 pm
I was thinking the same thing, use a Screen Cap program, snapX for mac is what I have, then capture the comp in AE while it plays in the desired camera mode.
Travis Roop
Editor
bitMAX Hollywood
troop@bitmax.net
Re: Can you render the front camera view? by Darby Edelen on Apr 29, 2008 at 3:30:30 am
[Mark Young]"Unfortunately the effect I'm looking for doesn't work with a camera (or no camera) in the comp. I want to get a render that has no perspective (as if you were looking at a front elevation on a blueprint)."
You can't render the Front view. You can, however, create a camera with a ridiculously long focal length (zoom) that would almost eliminate perspective. You could link the camera's Z position to its zoom:
x = thisComp.width / 2;
y = thisComp.height / 2;
z = -cameraOption.zoom;
[x,y,z]
Then keep increasing the zoom value until it looks close enough... or AE crashes (;
Darby Edelen Lead Designer Left Coast Digital Santa Cruz, CA
