Camera Perspective Tool

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Heya, I’ve updated this to version 1.3.2 with a new feature:

Holding Ctrl while confirming the tool will set keyframes for the camera properties used by this tool.
The properties that are keyframed are: camera location, focal length (AKA zoom), shift X and shift Y.

This can be used to create animated perspective camera effects, in this way:

  1. Set the scene frame to where the effect should begin.
  2. Start the tool but don’t make any changes.
  3. Hold Ctrl then hit Enter/click to confirm. This will set keyframes for the camera in its original unchanged state.
  4. Change the scene frame to when the effect should end.
  5. Start the tool and make your adjustments (dolly zoom, truck shift etc).
  6. Hold Ctrl then hit Enter/click to confirm. This will set the keyframes for the camera in its adjusted state.

So the first run of the tool was used to create keyframes with the original settings of the camera, then the second run was used to create keyframes for the adjusted settings. If you play the animation you can then see the camera transitioning during those moments.

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