Scale scene to character; or scale character to scene. That is the question.

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So I have thrown myself at blender for a University project.

I have a large desert scene that extends to a massive cliff face that overlooks an ocean (HDRI). Problem is when I link my character into the scene I have to scale it down to 0.01 zooming in to animate can be frustrating as a simple scroll moves objects out of viewport. If I scale the scene up it begins to disappear.

What is the correct CGI method for animating a character in a large environment? Do I scale the scene up; or the character down; Do I make a composition; or animate the linked file… What is the official method?

Kind Regards

Carlin Frost

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In telling story, first environment is shown, and then come the close shot up of character. They are not single shot in most cases. Example:

What is your story and what kind of image do you want to show? Storyboard?

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Without addressing your question directly, this issue can be avoided by adjusting view and camera clipping limits; several answers can be found by searching the forum for ‘clipping’; many of them correct.