DarkElegance opened this issue on Feb 07, 2003 ยท 8 posts
hauksdottir posted Sat, 08 February 2003 at 5:02 AM
Dark Elegance, The auxiliary camera is incredibly useful as a find-it-fast aid. You can set it way back to overlook your entire studio the way Pat describes and then memorize that dot. I think you can even rename the camera if it helps. Often props brought in from another program will be the wrong scale, or something with IK will rotate 7 inches from Sunday and into a dark dimension. Always zero these items out or import them to the center of the Poser universe. This helps, even if they are the size of Gulliver and the camera is inside his tummy. The Main camera rotates around the center of the universe. The Posing camera rotates around the center of the selected figure. Moving a figure through a scene shouldn't change the position of the Main camera... it is still tethered to the universe IIRC. Moving a figure will change the Posing camera. There are times when you want one effect, and times when you'll want the other. Another tip... select the Posing camera. Use "point at" to orient it to the object you want to find (there is a drop-down hierarchy, so you don't even need to see the culprit you are hunting). It will now point at your figure or object no matter where you move them, so at least you'll know that they are really in the scene. I haven't tried this with the camera inside a large object such as a room, but it is helpful for regular stuff. In ProPack and P5 you get multiple viewing panes. Having the auxiliary camera in one of those panes saves hair. Trust me on this. Carolly