Lesson 28: Setting the Camera Trajectory

To adjust the camera's trajectory:

1. Click the Add Keyframe (+) button to add a keyframe to the beginning of the timeline.
2. Drag the Scrubber three ticks to the right.
   
   The time reading is 00:00:01.05.
3. Place the cursor over the camera. Ensure that the cursor is a single arrow and not a cross arrow.
   
   Do not drag the camera by the blue handle in the center of the camera; you will be dragging and adjusting the actual key position rather than the camera itself.
4. Drag the camera to the interior of the room, as shown.
   
   
   
   A blue point appears where the camera was just located, and a blue trajectory line links the first point with the new camera location.
   
   The trajectory is the line along which the camera will move.
5. Drag the Scrubber another three ticks to the right.
   
   The time reading is 00:00:03.00.
6. Drag the camera so that it is on the left side of the mirrored sphere wireframe.
   
   
7. Drag the Scrubber another three ticks to the right.
   
   The time reading is 00:00:04.05.
8. Drag the camera so that it is on the far side (top) of the sphere wireframe, as shown.
   
   
9. Drag the Scrubber another three ticks to the right.
   
   The time reading is 00:00:06.00.
10. Drag the camera so that it is on the right side of the sphere wireframe.
    
    
11. Drag the Scrubber another three ticks to the right.
    
    The time reading is 00:00:07.05.
12. Drag the camera so that it crosses to the left of the path as shown.
    
    
13. Drag the scrubber the final three ticks to the right to the end of the timeline.
    
    The time reading is 00:00:09.00.
14. Drag the camera well beyond the wireframe to the left of the building, as shown.
    
    
    
    Congratulations! You have just created a camera trajectory to animate this camera.
    
    You'll no longer need the Bryce's Auto-key function. To ensure that you do not inadvertently create a new keyframe during the next steps of this tutorial, you can deactivate this function.
15. Click the triangle to the right of the Animation palette.
16. Deselect Auto-key from the list.

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