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Extending your camera rig

Extending your camera rig - After Effects Tutorial

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Extending your camera rig

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Let's add some variation to the Camera Rig we built in the previous movie. Remember that the camera is a Child of the Null Object, so the camera can have its own animation. For instance, if I animate the Z value for the camera, I can make the camera go closer and further away. So let's do that. We'll start off a little further away, turn on the stopwatch for Position, synchronize the keyframe for the Null Object, and let's bring the camera a little closer for the second keyframe, and we'll RAM Preview. Now, one of the advantages of working this way is that, although I do have a Motion Path for the Z Position value, it's a very simple Motion Path, it's going in a straight line. So even though the camera is swinging around, because it's a Child, it doesn't actually realize that it's being rotated, so the Z value is a nice simple Motion Path. So what about making the camera tilt up higher in the scene? I'll press F11, and then C for the Camera tool, and let's optimize this view since we…

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