Camera Parameters

Contents

    1. Camera Parameters
      1. Other Parameters
      2. Transform Parameters

Like all parameter dials, clicking and dragging a dial to the right increases its value, and clicking and dragging to the left decreases its value. You can also click your desired parameter’s numeric value to open a text field allowing you to directly type your desired value.

Camera Parameters.

Other Parameters

The Other Parameters section contains a variety of parameters to control the behavior of the selected camera. These parameters are as follows:

Without depth of field (left); With depth of field (right).

If the results of your Depth of Field settings are too grainy in the blurred areas, try raising the number of Pixel Samples. Doing so will result in a smoother effect, but increased render times.

The Focus Distance control, with Alyson as the point of focus, and its render.

The Focus Distance control, with the car as the point of focus, and its render.

Pitch (Up or Down); Roll (Tilt); Yaw (Turn).

See Motion Blur Document for more information on using motion blur in your projects.

Transform Parameters

When a camera is selected, you can use the parameter dials on the Parameters palette to precisely adjust that camera’s position. The Dolly, Posing, Face, and Hand cameras have the standard 3D Pitch, Yaw, and Roll parameters, while the Main and Auxiliary cameras have xOrbit, yOrbit, and zOrbit parameters. These parameters are measured in degrees.

XYZ Dolly

The Dolly parameter dials move the selected camera along the desired axis without altering its orientation, just like a movie camera on a dolly cart, as shown below.

XYZ Scale

As mentioned above, camera scale functions like a zoom lens. The Scale control zooms the camera equally in all three axes. Using the parameter dials, however, you can scale in any amount using any combination of axes to create distorted effects. While this might give the same appearance as distorting the figures/props in your scene, scaling cameras only affects the selected camera; items in your scene are not affected. Decreasing scale values zooms in along the selected axis, and vice versa.

XYZ Orbit

The Orbit parameters orbit the selected camera around the indicated Poser workspace axis. It helps to think of the selected axis as the center of a wheel with the camera being at the edge. The camera maintains its distance from the axis and remains pointing in the same direction relative to its starting point. Setting positive degrees of rotation in the Orbit parameter dials orbits the selected camera in a counterclockwise direction around the selected axis, and vice versa.

 

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