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From: Joe Angell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Creating starfields/ smoothing motion curves
To: Donald Drennan <[e-mail]>
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> The best solution I was given for the motion curve problem is to create
> a null object for the channel of motion I want to separate. However this
> would only work for two channels since an object can only be parented to
> one object.

I forgot about that.  You CAN use two nulls -- just parent your Object to
Null 1, and Null 1 to Null 2.  It will work fine.

> I also was having trouble getting my camera to track an object.  I had
> rotated my camera underneath it and I had target set to the object.
> Whenever I moved my object too far the camera would spin on it's Z axis in
> a very undesirable way. If my camera was looking "Z-ward" this would not
> happen but since I had moved the camera down on the Y I gwould get this
> strange spinning effect. Is there a way to turn target off and still keep
> the motion path that it created? When I turn target off the camera goes
> back to default.

You're on the right path with saving your motion path.  Select your
object, and go to the Motion Graph and Save Motion.  Close the Motion
panel and hit "+" on the Numeric Keypad to add a Null Object.  Load the
motion you just saved into the Null's motion, and target your camera to
that.  Now you can move your null object to compensate for any weirdness
that your object may encounter.

Remember:  The null is your friend :)

-- Joe
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