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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      @pixero said:

      I meant when looking at the camera in third person view.

      Film and stage plugin lets you do this already.

      I'm going to be a broken record until we all go download it and play with it.

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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      • PixeroP Offline
        Pixero
        last edited by

        @chris fullmer said:

        Film and stage plugin lets you do this already.

        I'm going to be a broken record until we all go download it and play with it.

        How? I have it installed and have had it for quite some time and yes, you can see the camera in third person view but AFAIK you cant move it along its local coordinate system.
        Meaning moving by dragging it along the cameras, not the world coordinate system.
        I hope I make myself clear.

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          Hmm, I must be misunderstanding all the functionality that is desired then.

          It is supposed to have pan and tilt and dolly all built in to it. By holding shift and ctrl and CMD you can do different things. I am pretty sure they are buggy though. Truck and pedestal seem to be difficult to convce them to work. But that would have to be done while looking through it. So if you wanted a way to do that from 3rd person, than I guess that you are correct that it does not work like that. Maybe version 7 will add more camera support?

          Chris

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          • mariochaM Offline
            mariocha
            last edited by

            Well, once camera type is set, select "Create Camera", Pan/Dolly appears in the lower left corner, so click & hold on the screen to see how they work. Hold shift to change to Truck/Pedestal. While doing so, you are looking throught the camera.
            Ctrl-click on screen to edit the camera, Tilt, and, IMPORTANT, select Done when satisfied.
            Does that help?

            %(#008000)[Mario C.
            Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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            • D Offline
              Dik Harrison
              last edited by

              Help, I guess I'm loosing it in my old age, but search as I may, I cannot find the Film & Stage plugin. All I come up with is the Film & Stage components, and links to Style Builder. ๐Ÿ˜•

              Have fun...

              Dik

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              • D Offline
                Dik Harrison
                last edited by

                Thanks Mario, even though I knew it was for v.5, I just didn't think to look for it on the older version plugin page. Like I said, getting older every day...

                Have fun...

                Dik

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                • mariochaM Offline
                  mariocha
                  last edited by

                  @dik harrison said:

                  Thanks Mario, ..

                  Welcome.
                  If your'e famyliar with Podium, could you check if you get the same view framing problem as I have ?
                  That is set a camera type then render, viewport size, and see if the rendered view has the same framing as in SU. (Mac or Win doesn't matter)

                  %(#008000)[Mario C.
                  Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                  • mariochaM Offline
                    mariocha
                    last edited by

                    Since they did not update it, we have to find the version 5downloads.
                    Try there, it's in french but it does'nt matter.
                    http://sketchup.google.com/download/previousplugins.html
                    Scroll down a bit and you should find it.
                    Beware of where the installer will want to put it !
                    Make sure you install in the Google 6-SketchUp-Plugins folder !! There should be the Previs folder then.
                    It will work just fine in v6. ๐Ÿ˜„
                    Except it changes the view framing in Podium renderings. ๐Ÿ˜ข (or is it just me ?)
                    I wish a Ruby genius would look at that. I need it for work.

                    %(#008000)[Mario C.
                    Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                    • D Offline
                      Dik Harrison
                      last edited by

                      Sorry, don't have Podium.
                      @mariocha said:

                      Welcome.
                      If your'e famyliar with Podium, could you check if you get the same view framing problem as I have ?
                      That is set a camera type then render, viewport size, and see if the rendered view has the same framing as in SU. (Mac or Win doesn't matter)

                      Have fun...

                      Dik

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                      • mariochaM Offline
                        mariocha
                        last edited by

                        No sweat.
                        Anyone else ?

                        %(#008000)[Mario C.
                        Every rule has exceptions, but some.]

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                        • J Offline
                          Jim
                          last edited by

                          @mariocha said:

                          No sweat.
                          Anyone else ?

                          I would guess this has to do with the aspect ratio of the cameras. If you set the camera's AR to 0 before rendering, does that fix it?

                          Hi

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                          • K Offline
                            kwistenbiebel
                            last edited by

                            The strange window framing is the reason why I removed the 'stage' plugin from my PC.
                            It doesn't work together with render engines as your render output will not match the SU viewport anymore.

                            I think best thing would be having better camera control options(tilt,dolly,..) within an improved animation plugin....or SU 7 ๐Ÿ˜„ .

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                            • plot-parisP Offline
                              plot-paris
                              last edited by

                              wow, I had a look at the film & stage plugin years ago and didn't really understand it's benefits, therefore deleted it again.

                              but that script is amazing!
                              especially if you are involved in setdesign it is so easy to set up camera positions - phantastic!

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                              • O Offline
                                orei
                                last edited by

                                hey guys.. i've read only now about this script.. but.. you mean, that with those plugin.. in sketchup 7.. i can put in my model the camera.. and.. when render it with vray.. can connect the phisical camera with this?? it's a my mistake i think.. because.. if it will really be.. i'm going crazy!!! it's a wonderful command!!!

                                Another question.. there is a script that do.. GRATIS.. what Note Camera Point script from smustard site done???

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                                • O Offline
                                  orei
                                  last edited by

                                  hey guys.. you think that i'm crazy?? ๐Ÿ˜›

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