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Question How do I keep camera pointed at person?

tplarkin7

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In Desktop Mode, I want to keep the camera pointed at the person when using an animation pattern. In MacGruber's tutorial "VaM Basics: Video Capture - Part 2" at 8:30 I see his camera remains locked onto the person. Is this a plugin? How do I do this? Thanks for your help!
(Also, I have a spotlight with WindowCamera as the parent. I would like the spotlight to aim with the camera.)
 
There is nothing to it. Essentially you have each AnimationStep point at the character, using the WindowCamera display atom as a preview. When playing the animation you might notice the character goes out of the frame somewhere between the steps, so you compensate by adjusting the steps or add more steps. When using physics to stabilize the camera, there is always some lag, so your AnimationSteps might have to over compensate a bit. Repeat until you are happy with the result :)
 
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Awesome. Thanks, MacGruber! Merry Christmas!
 
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