No 'Point of Interest' on Camera

Hello all,

Just a simple question I hope you can help with. I tried to help a colleague animate a camera in AE CS5 (Mac), and found that the Point of Interest variable simply doesn't exist. I've never had this problem before, so I don't know if there's just a simple on/off switch somewhere. Google doesn't seem to be able to tell me anything.

Many thanks,

Ryan

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Mr. Stone

To be more specific about the point of interest, Change the Camera View(Below Viewer Panel) to Other views(say Top, Front, etc) and adjust as required.

Vishesh Arora
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I know it's been over 2 years since you posted this question, but I too ran into the same problem and I believe the solution is to make sure that your camera type is a "Two-Node Camera". You can adjust this by clicking on your camera layer, then pressing command+shift+Y. At the top left (in After Effects CC) you will be able to select the type (either "one-node" or "two-node"). If it's set on "one-node" it doesn't require a point of interest to orient itself, and will therefore not have this as an adjustable option. You can read more about this here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/cameras-lights-points-interest.h...

Specifically, it says:

"Type
One-Node Camera or Two-Node Camera. A one-node camera orients around itself, whereas a two-node camera has a point of interest and orients around that point. Making a camera a two-node camera is the same as setting a camera’s auto-orientation option (Layer > Transform > Auto-Orient) to Orient Towards Point Of Interest. (See Auto-Orientation options.)"

Thank you so much! I just ran into this problem as well and you're absolutely correct. Glad to see there's someone helpful on these forums once and a while.