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Using the camera tools in the alternate views

Using the camera tools in the alternate views - After Effects Tutorial

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Using the camera tools in the alternate views

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In this movie, I'll show you how to use the Camera tools in the orthographic and custom views, and I think you'll find it very useful for optimizing your views. Before we get started, I'll twirl up the camera, twirl it down again, and then reset the values. Again, I'll press P for Position and Shift+A for Point of Interest, and now let's see how the Camera tools work when we use them in an orthographic view. I'll press the spacebar and use the hand to bring the entire comp into view. And I'll also set this view to Fit up to 100%. But this is all from the view that you end up seeing. And if you want to see the camera, you either have to use the Hand tool to pan down, or you have to change your Magnification to something quite small. But notice the size of the camera when we're at a large view compared to the size of the camera and the size of the axis arrows when we switch to a very small view, let's say 25%. When I go to 25%, I can see the entire camera, all of the layers, and maybe…

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