Lesson 26: Pre-Visualizing & Timing the Sequence

Up until now, you've been working with your scene in Director's View and in the different orthogonal views. For animating you will use Camera View.

To plan and time the sequence:

On the Controls Palette, choose Camera Options menu > Camera to Director.

The camera wireframe disappears from the scene. The camera object has moved to the same location as the Director's View, so it is now located at your point of view.
Switch to Top View.

Your scene changes to top view. The camera is now located at the bottom of the scene window. In this animation, the camera will go through the doorway, circle around the pedestal, then go out through the archway just above the left wall.
On the Display palette, (to the right of the Working Window) click the Demo marker tool.
Beginning at the camera's location, drag the mouse to draw a path from the camera, through the door, around the pedestal, and out the left side. Your scene should look something like this.

For this example, let's assume that this path will take 9 seconds for the camera to travel.
Press the space bar to remove the marked path.