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