Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 193)

187 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Layers and properties
Last updated 12/21/2009
All cameras are listed in the 3D View menu at the bottom of the Composition panel, where you can access them at any
time.
It’s often easiest to adjust a camera when using one of the custom 3D views. You can’t—of course—see the camera to
manipulate it when you’re looking through the camera itself.
Example of a camera
A. Point of interest B. Frame C. Camera
Note: If you import or open an After Effects 5.x project containing a 3D composition that used a default camera, After
Effects adds an AE 5.x Default Camera to the composition.
More Help topics
“ 3D layers ” on page 179
“ Auto-Orientation options ” on page 153
“ 3D layers (keyboard shortcuts) ” on page 750
“ Effects with a Comp Camera attribute ” on page 391
“ Choose a view layout and share view settings ” on page 204
Create a camera layer
❖ Choose Layer > New > Camera, or press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift+C (Mac OS).
Note: By default, new layers begin at the beginning of the composition duration. You can instead choose to have new
layers begin at the current time by deselecting the Create Layers At Composition Start Time preference (Edit >
Preferences > General (Windows) or After Effects
> Preferences > General (Mac OS)).
Change camera settings
You can change camera settings at any time.
❖ Double-click the camera layer in the Timeline panel, or select the layer and then choose Layer > Camera Settings.
Camera settings
You can change camera settings at any time by double-clicking the layer in the Timeline panel or selecting the layer
and choosing Layer
> Camera Settings.
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