From the course: 12 Principles of Animation for CG Animators
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Challenge: An exercise with a flour sack
From the course: 12 Principles of Animation for CG Animators
Challenge: An exercise with a flour sack
- [Instructor] Now it's your turn. By only moving the camera, how can you compose frame number 1 to feel more powerful? Our little flour sack is already in a strong pose, but how can we plus it? In frame 2, how can you compose a camera to make our little flour sack feel even more sad? If you're using Maya, you're gonna wanna use a split-view so that you can move the camera around, and see the changes as they update in real time. And when you're done, you're gonna wanna hit S to set a key frame, or make sure that auto keyframe is on, so that your positions are saved. In Blender, you can move the camera in one of two ways. In Blender, you can hit N to open up your numbers panel, and go over to Lock Camera to View. Now if you move your view around, it will re-position your camera. Another thing you can do is hit Shift + F, and by using the W, A, S, D and your mouse, you can look around and position the camera however you want, and then set the position by left-clicking. Now finally, in…
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