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Build a basic camera rig

Build a basic camera rig - After Effects Tutorial

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Build a basic camera rig

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- By using null objects in conjunction with cameras, we can create rigs that make controlling them in After Effects, easier than by manipulating the camera alone. Here, we'll take a look at the advantages of using a simple camera rig, comprised of a camera parented to a null object. So here in my scene I've got several 3D layers and I've got a two node camera, and that has a point of interest, which controls where the camera's pointing. So down below here, you see I have a car with a road. I can also orbit around with this setup using this position. You'll see that it's orbiting around the point of interest. This poses a couple of disadvantages. One is that I can't really move my point of interest in my composition window here. If I want it to move it, I'd have to come over here to my active window and go to like the front view. And there's my UI, I can actually click and drag this point of interest around now. And in…

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