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Arc rotate: dollying and point of interest
johnar:
Thats really interesting Kyle, and a big help.
Thanks for that.
It never occured to me to go to perspective view to get inside.......slap forehead...
Have just tried it, certainly better than trying to look through windows, or straining to see bones through a heavy wireframe...lol
(or hiding stuff, and anim8ing a character inside to interact with 'invisible/hidden' objects.)
--- Quote ---It takes a lot of practice to use effectively.
What I find myself doing a lot is selecting clusters of objects that are big, but not entire room big. and then framing that so there isn't too much distortion going on.
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I'll keep this in mind and start using this view a lot in scene mode, me thinks.
Thanks again.
Steve.
Bug?. Arc Rotate does nothing in 'other camera views' ?
Edit: Kyle re your edit in last post.
Ok, cool. Nice one. Thanks. Cheers.
Steve:
I'm fixing arc-rotate for camera and spotlight views, also the mouse wheel. You'll be able to dolly (arc-rotate center circle, normal mouse wheel) and zoom (Arc-rotate outside of circle or <Ctrl>+inside circle, and <Ctrl>+mouse wheel).
There are a few complications. It's different when the camera is automatically following a target - then the dollying (dolling???) works more or less as expected. But the POI isn't defined as cleanly otherwise. Currently you can type F to center the camera and set the POI but it's not set as a key. Once I've posted everything you can help me decide how to handle this.
New build should be out soon ...
Steve:
Build 1159 was just posted with this added. It's slightly different that my original post (differences in italics):
Changes for Perspective, Camera and Spotlight views - no changes for all others:
In Arc-Rotate:
LMB: Rotates in various ways. POI does not change. (No change)
MMB: Dollies in and out. POI does not change. (Change)
MMB with <Ctrl> key pressed: zooms in and out. POI does not change. (Change)
RMB: Click inside the circle moves the camera sideways. POI moves along with camera. (No change)
RMB: Click outside the circle moved the camera towards or away from the POI and the POI moves along with it. (No change)
Mouse Wheel:
Dolly towards or away from the POI. POI does not change. (Change)
<Ctrl> key pressed: zooms in and out. POI does not change. (Change)
Note: There is no true PAN where the viewpoint spins around but doesn't move. I'm working on getting that in as well (i.e. with the LMB if the <Ctrl> key is pressed).
Check it out!
nemyax:
MMB with or without Ctrl still zooms in perspective mode in arc-rotate (FOV info in the status bar). The wheel, however, dollies (distance from POI info in the status bar).
Steve:
Argh! I must have broken that when I finished up the code. I'll fix it .....
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