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Using keyframes for camera motion

Using keyframes for camera motion - Storyboard Pro Tutorial

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Using keyframes for camera motion

- One of the best elements of Storyboard Pro is the ability to add camera moves to scenes. We can now see, in the animatic stage as I'm working, closer to what the final camera will see in the finished project. Pans and zooms are an important part of all of visual storytelling, and now the director and story artist can experiment with camera moves in real time while storyboarding and work out the best way to visually tell a story. Let's start with making sure we're talking the same language. A panel is a single drawing. Okay? That's a panel. A frame is a moment in time. That's one frame. That's another frame, that's another frame. There are 24 frames per second in film, 30 frames per second in video. A scene is, in animation, every time the camera cuts, it's a new scene. In live action, a scene is all the different shots that are within one area. All this makes a difference because we're talking about camera moves. Another benefit for projects is that I can export a storyboard profile…

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