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Filming Path tutorial

Elaine Forcella
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Join date: 4 May 2007
Posts: 33
06-07-2007 01:38
Who has experience using this tool, i have tried for over a week and still not managed to get it to work.
Is there any tutorials around.
i get as far as

7) Film!
Sit on the seat. The HUD will hide itself and you will see a 5 second countdown before the camera moves.

then all i see is my avatar sit on the seat and off she goes on a fair ride, the camera stays still. Yes i followed the previous steps 1 by 1.

what i'm after is for the camera to zoom in on the avatar and hold shot for 10 secs.
Luth Brodie
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Join date: 31 May 2004
Posts: 530
06-07-2007 06:00
you had alt-zoomed recently without moving the avie to get out of it. My guess is that you cammed to the chair to sit which means your camera is focused on the chair. To get myself not to do that, I walk up to the chair to sit.
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Infrared Wind
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Join date: 7 Jan 2007
Posts: 662
06-07-2007 06:41
From: Elaine Forcella


then all i see is my avatar sit on the seat and off she goes on a fair ride, the camera stays still. Yes i followed the previous steps 1 by 1.


I think what you might be missing is that you need to click on the target (you did create a target, the green pyramid?) before sitting down. When you click on the target you should see the chair suddenly orient itself to the target.

Then sit on the chair.

From: Elaine Forcella

what i'm after is for the camera to zoom in on the avatar and hold shot for 10 secs.


Just position your subject. Then position yourself however far away you want and then
walk/fly/crawl to the subject leaving a trail of yellow spheres marking the path.

Then edit/adjust the path (the yellow balls) as needed, if needed.

Then create a target (green pyramid), and move it in front of their face. Click on the target to set the chair.

Jump in the chair and start capturing.

* * *

Here's a video I made a couple of months ago which demonstrates how
to use Filming Path. The HUD is the old version, the functions demonstrate
are the same.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4QbZKV9__vk

Let us know how it goes. =)

- Infrared
Elaine Forcella
Registered User
Join date: 4 May 2007
Posts: 33
06-08-2007 01:03
oooh great it all makes sense noe the tutorial is great cheers.
nand Nerd
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Join date: 4 Oct 2005
Posts: 427
06-15-2007 12:15
Barry from Global Kids made a fantastic tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIaHLW8zWIg
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