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How to avoid abrupt camera movements in videos.
I recently revisited this old post by Cecilia http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,6844 where she commented on the fact that the video plugin could not ease movements in and out, and just changes direction and stops rather brutally. Well, enkonyitos video plugin can do easing of some sort, if you program your camera movements right.
The trick is to move the camera a descending number of frames towards the end of the journey. If I had been a programmer I could have made the video plugin do this by itself on request, just like it can move in strait lines or curves. But alas... Sad that Enko has left us. He could probably have done it easily.
I have this short example for anyone interested, where you can jump between camera movements and see how it's done.
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Re: How to avoid abrupt camera movements in videos.
Hi VeroniQ! Very nice tutorial, indeed. You have obviously put a great del of work in making it. My project is quite different, and about adjusting the camera speed, which can be done inside SH3D. Of course it takes some time to do smooth directional changes in the beginning, but the trick is moving the camera with the arrows and not the mouse, and remember to count the frame steps between camera positions. I have found it useful to write down good working counting scripts for acceleration and retardation and use them as guides. A nice trick is to do one camera movement at the time and use the last camera position as the start of the next, and then do as you do in your tutorial; use another program to chain your clips together.
The example I shoved was not good. It was just showing how to make a tram come to a nice standstill at a tram stop, and just showing the movement of the tram, which is actually the movement of the camera I have made a short demo of the tram coming to the tram stop, which makes everything a bit more understandable.
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Re: How to avoid abrupt camera movements in videos.
Hi Xiste, Sorry for my late reply. Thank you for your tricks. I am very impressed by your demos. Can you tell us more how you can do the video of the tramway arriving? Thank you very much.
