How can i change the active camera

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i have a very easy question
How can i change the active camera?

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create a new camera…or cube, or whatever, select it, and hit CTRL-0 (numpad)

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Is it possible to render the same object from various cameras - one click ont he render?

Also, say I was doing an animation and I wanted the samera angle to change, would I need to animate the camera too? or is there a predefined set method?

Cheers!

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What about a little python script (to change a working camera):

https://blenderartists.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47947

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Oh sweet wicked. Now I have ideas just burning in my mind. I havent implemented the script yet, but I will soon. Thanks a lot JaBM. Thats a pretty smart idea - never thought of that! Yipee!

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The same script I mentioned above can be very easily adapted to do what you need. Only change 45 into 1 and 46 into 2 and then render 2 frames. And you have 2 pictures of your scene from 2 cameras.

And of course it is possible with this script to render from more tha two cameras in one click (guess how:)).

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I would recommend rendering them seperate animations and joining in video editor (more control imho and clearer)

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I guess I could do that. So is it possible to use a video editor from a different software? Considering I could save the images from each render? How good quality is that usually?

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If you save the intermediate stages in something lossless (eg PNG or TGA frames) then it’s the same quality as any other method.

Personally I like Blender’s Sequence Editor for stitching things together, but if you’re used to another program, by all means use it.