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Add the Dolly Camera behavior

Another way to manipulate the view of a 3D world during movie playback is to dolly the camera. Dollying is a motion picture technique in which the camera's position changes without changing the direction of the lens itself (as if the camera were transported forward and backward, without turning, on a tripod with wheels).

For dollying, you will drag the behavior to the Score rather than the Stage.

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If the Score is not open, select Window > Score.

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In the Library palette, verify that 3D > Actions is selected.

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Drag the Dolly Camera action from the Library palette to the Magic tricks sprite in the Score. Release the mouse button when the pointer appears with a plus sign and empty rectangle.

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In the Parameters for Dolly Camera dialog box, specify the following:

In the "Amount to dolly per frame" text box, type 20.

The Dolly Camera action moves in world units, which are units of measurement unique to the 3D world.

In the "Which group does this behavior belong to?" text box, type Dolly. Then click OK.