I’m in camera view in the 3d window (ie number pad 0)
I zoom right in (number pad +) so the outer limits of the camera are now out of view.
Can I now pan while zoomed in? I’ve tried every key combination i can think of but they all take me out of the camera view.
cheers
n
Dude, the camera is in a fixed position. If you move and it doesn’t then of course you leave the camera view. Try selecting the camera, moving into camera view. Press g and move in the direction you want.
Hope this helps.
thanks new_neo. I’m not really wanting to move the camera, just see all of what the camera can see (apart from the very centre) while zoomed in (in the 3d window).
Say you want do some precise work from the camera view so you zoom into the 3d window (but not moving the actual camera).
If the work you want to do is at the edge of the camera view you would want to zoom in then pan the 3d window view to that place…
but as far as I can tell it can only zoom to the centre so if the object you want is not in the centre there is no way to see it.
n
I guess what i’m asking is…
can you change the default position of the camera (ie the centre of the window) in the 3d window camera view.
an I’m guessing the answer is no
n
split your screen up and have two blender windows set to 3-d view. set one to camera view and the other to numpad-7 (top) or whatever you want. rotate the camera in that window, the view will pan in window set to numpad-0. is this what you mean?
hey neilh1
You can do just this with the latest cvs version of blender. so you have a couple of options…download the cvs version or just wait for 2.42
Up to you 
no, not really but thanks for the reply.
in all this I don’t want to change any attributes of the camera itself.
If you go into camera view (num 0) and zoom in (num +) you will zoom into the centre of the screen…but the object i want to zoom into from camera view (not zoom in with the camera…just the 3d view) is not in the centre of the screen…so is there anyway to pan the view (not the camera) so that i can see it?
i’ll download it now…thanks M@dcow.
cheers,
n
yes, it works just how I imagined it would!
Ahhh! I have a CVS version and never realised it could do this. Excellent!
It’s driven me a bit batty in the past too. Sometimes the bit you want is well in camera view but not on screen because you’re zoomed in. This change is a nice feature.