#linking cameras
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I am trying to link a camera and target to a dummy object which follows a path,
but it does not seem to work. I am following the steps exactly as shown in
tutor
only the object moves, not the camera. Is there some obvious point I am missing
here? Am I supposed to able to see the camera movement when I step through the
frames? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Darin Friedmann
Hi Darin,
<<.. Is there some obvious point I am missing here?..>>
After performing a Hierarchical Link, you can check your parent child
relationship by utilizing the show tree.
If your tree looks like:
Dummy
Camera
Camera.target
you've linked the camera and target correctly. Now if you animate the dummy,
the camera will follow.
jonas[adesk]
Darin:
I'm afraid that if you aren't seeing the camera move, either a) you _aren't_
following the tutorial directions _exactly_, or b) you don't have a camera
viewport (although you should see the blue camera icon moving w/ the dummy in
the other viewports).
You've got a dummy, a camera and a camera.target — in the KF, select
Hierarchy/Link/ and pick the camera, and then pick the dummy. You should see
feedback messages occuring on the command line at the bottom of the screen.
Now, pick the camera.target and then pick the dummy. Again, watch the
messages.
These are steps 3 & 4 of the architectural walkthrough tutorial on page 20-13
(although I see the tutorial has you link the target first, it doesn't really
make any difference — you could link both the camera and target at the same
time if you wanted by hitting "H" when prompted for the child object and then
selecting both the camera and target). I suspect that you are choosing the
dummy first and the camera/target second, thereby making the dummy the child
object instead of the parent. You can check this by usin Hierarchy/Link Info.
Good Luck.
Dave