Camera Fit View Add-on

yashar · February 14, 2021, 7:43pm

Hi
I have created a simple add-on which adds two new options to Cameras menu:

Fit Camera to view
Create Camera From View

The “Fit Camera to View” will fit and match selected camera to view.
If no camera is selected the active camera of scene will be matched to view.

The “Create Camera from View”
creates a camera and fits that exactly to viewport.
The default align to view operation does not account for lens properties and the camera is not matched to viewport.

In both options the camera POV and properties are matched to view
Properties: Lens Focal Length, Sensor Size, Clipping.

I personally add shortcut for myself but didn’t include that in addon.
User can set custom shortcuts for themselves.
Mine is:
Ctrl + ~ > Fit Camera to View
Ctrl + Shift + ~ > Create Camera from View

camera_fit_view.py (2.2 KB)

In the Youtube link I’ve demonstrated the default method, the problem, the solution and the add-on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQMbnnzxToc

Hope it will be useful…

P.S.
Right click on menu items to assign shortcuts
Camera-Assign

ArcLightPictures · February 14, 2021, 11:05pm

Camera from view = Awesome! One handy thing from Good o’Maya Days. Thank you so much!!!

pxlpaul · February 15, 2021, 4:39am

Hi @Yashar,

Great idea! Simple, elegant and very handy. Just tried it in Blender 2.83.5 and it works like a charm!

Cheers and stay safe!

yashar · February 15, 2021, 7:49am

yashar · February 15, 2021, 7:49am

Glad you Liked it

wilBr · February 15, 2021, 4:51pm

thank you… very useful.

urkokul · February 15, 2021, 7:35pm

The good thing. Thanks

Khurram_Shahzad · February 23, 2021, 3:51am

I am coming from 3ds max, and I am so happy for this. Cheers. Thanks.

yashar · February 23, 2021, 6:19am

I missed it from my old friend, 3dsmax, too!

sceyefeye · February 24, 2021, 5:35am

thank you

most useful add-on

yashar · February 25, 2021, 3:57pm

Thanks

Midphase · February 25, 2021, 4:02pm

Very cool!

yashar · February 25, 2021, 4:12pm

Thank you

xiao772677 · August 4, 2021, 8:04am

thank you… very useful.

dogdayfear · November 4, 2021, 10:49am

This is simply perfect. A lot of time looking for something like this. Thank you so much.

ulf3000 · November 4, 2021, 4:28pm

great stuff dude ! thanx!

EAW · November 4, 2021, 7:17pm

Awesome, Thanks!

Nuke_Crayon · January 4, 2022, 5:52am

thank you. I’ll try to use your add-on.

aashutosh_patel · February 28, 2022, 7:50am

Thank you so much for this great addon

decoyocelot · November 17, 2022, 10:48am

thanks so much