camera help!

[Bracchus]

hi guys i need some help adding camera movement to the scene file. its a 15 second animation and in the first few seconds i want the camera to pan around the one and only object in the scene but i dont know how. i think i add a null and have the camera follow it around......
no idea how though ... any help would be amazing.. thanks in advance...

-dave calleja:confused: :confused: :confused:

[rapscallion]

Hey...Hi...so you want your camera to circle your object whil looking at it without having to go keyframe crazy, eh? here's the trick...

...add a null object to you scene and parent it to the main object you will be "photographing" so that the null is dead center of the main object...now open the Motion options for your camera and set the main object as the target and place the camera into the right spot for your opening frame (be sure to leave the target option activated)...now go into your general options and turn on parent in place - while "Parent in Place" is turned on make the camera a child of the null...it will seem like nothing has happened, but if you now rotate the null object on it's heading you'll see that the camera also moves but with the proper offset...animate the null 'til the cows come home...and don't forget to uncheck "Parent in Place" 'cuz you really only need it when you need it, ya' know...so I hope that helps...good luck...wishing the best...from the void...j.p.rapscallion...