Hi All,

A simple question, how do you switch between cameras?

When I render via F12, I always get the first/default camera in the scene.

I have tried the align view to new camera, but that does not seem to affect the camera that is doing the render.

 

Thanks

 

Enivob

Select that new camera and press CTRL+0.

But if I may notice, you have a lot of questions so I suggest that you get Blender's manual available here http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Documentation.628.0.html
It's a bit outdated but very helpful and there you'll find a lot of stuff that you are asking here, and a lot more. You can also look at Blender wiki http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page where you can find a lot of tutorials and similar stuff.

Cheers!

Thanks Damir,

 

Have you actually tried the CTRL-0?

I did that, but it did not seems to work. I still got my original camera when rendering. You can also access that via the Space Bar menu. I thought it strange...

I have been reading the docs quite a bit. I downloaded the HTMLs over the weekend.

Yes, I have tried CTRL+0.
But, have you actually added a new camera to your scene?
Got to Add menu and select Camera. New camera will be crated at position of 3D coursor. Then press CTRL+0 to set active camera to that new camera. Now press NUM7 and then pres CTRL+ALT+0. Your new camera will be aligned to top view.
And for fun, you can press ALT+0 and you'll switch default camera back to first camera.

Cheers!

And first of all, hit Ctrl 0 when the mouse cursor is in the 3D window:) If you see the view has changed with Ctrl 0, it should also change the render camera.

Quote - And first of all, hit Ctrl 0 when the mouse cursor is in the 3D window:) If you see the view has changed with Ctrl 0, it should also change the render camera.

Ah, yes, I always forgot to mention that Blender is sensitive to cursor position... :o)