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Drawing a Curve

You create cameras at the object level using the Camera tool. Press the tab key and start typing camera then press Enter. Next, RMB-click to place the camera which appears with its interactive handles ready.

Topics covered:
Drawing a Curve
Editing the Curve
Inserting Points on the Curve


Drawing a Curve

The default camera handle is the orientation handle. As you begin working with other handles, you can return to this handle by either RMB-clicking on the handle and selecting Orientation Handle, or pressing the o key. This handle lets you control the eye point and look-at point to position the camera.

The orientation handle is made up of transform handles and rotation handles. The transform handles move either the look-at or eye point based on the camera's local axes. This means that the handle will


Editing the Curve

To work with the Camera Focus handle, RMB-click on the handle and select Focus Handle, or press the z key. This handle lets you control the camera's Focus and F-stop parameters. These parameters are used to help set up a depth of field rendering. These handles are very effective when used with frustum clipping.


Editing the Curve

To work with the Camera Focus handle, RMB-click on the handle and select Focus Handle, or press the z key. This handle lets you control the camera's Focus and F-stop parameters. These parameters are used to help set up a depth of field rendering. These handles are very effective when used with frustum clipping.