CAMERA SETTINGS
Topic_01: Saving a View
1. Next to the Viewport name (i.e. Perspective) click the drop down menu>Set view>Named Views
2. A dialog window appears>Near the top left select the Save icon.
3. You have successfully saved a view! (Should see a thumbnail preview in the dialog box)>Close window.
4. Now when navigate to the drop down menu, You should see your newly created view under “Named Views”
Topic_02: Place Camera and Target
1. Make a Line about 5-10 feet long. Using Gumball, move up on blue axis to roughly 5 feet (eye level)
2. In the drop down menu next to “Perspective” viewport scroll down to Set Camera> Place Camera and Target
3. Command line prompts to specify the camera point>Choose one end of the line.
4. Command line prompts to specify the target point>Choose the opposite end of the line.
5. Save your view!!! (Topic_01)
Topic_03: Orient Camera to Surface
1. If you want to orient yourself to a particular surface plane, Orient Camera to Surface can be beneficial
2. In the drop down menu next to “Perspective” viewport scroll down to Set Camera> Orient Camera to Surface
3. Select surface>Now specify a center point. (Note*** Since you can’t snap to a midpoint on a surface it sometimes to actually draw a curve on the surface so you can actually snap to the mid point of the curve) Once you specify a center point, notice the small arrow that appears near the point you just referenced.
4. In the command line toggle Flip to change to direction of the arrow. Contrary to what you may believe, you actually want the arrow facing towards you NOT the Object itself.
5. Save your view!!! (Topic_01)
Topic_04: Viewport Properties
1. In the drop down menu next to “Perspective” viewport scroll down to Viewport Properties> a dialog box appears.
2. Look for the Camera Lens option; by default it usually is set to “50mm.” Explore the range you can get from this option by inputing a new value such as 30mm (Makes the lens capture a wider scene); A value of a 15mm will exaggerate this even more. If you want to revert to default settings just open up the viewport properties again and change the lens to 50mm.
