The Camera Move

With the 3D scene set up, it’s time to move the camera to take advantage of the 3D environment and show off the parallax between the planes. Set a keyframe for the camera at frame 299, the final frame of the sequence, for Position, Orientation, and Point Of Interest. This will be the final position of the camera to show the entire scene (Figure 15-87).

Figure 15-87: Camera position at frame 299

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Scrub to frame 0, and, in the Active Camera view, place the camera closer to the figures and to the right (Figure 15-88). The camera movement from 0 to 299 shouldn’t be extreme. If you rotate off axis too much, it will become obvious to ...

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