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    [Plugin] CameraKeyMaker 1.0 (Update 2011-04-09)

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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      I do not know this tool in any detail... but in passing... I see that there are $ global variables like '$preview' these are dangerous - especially if they have simplistic names [like 'preview'] as other authors might have used them [ill-advisedly] too, as globals works across all scripts in that session - better to use '@preview' as an instance variable, or '@@preview' as a class variable, to hold your data specifically for your own tool so such potential clashes are avoided... 🤓

      TIG

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      • M Offline
        macgile
        last edited by

        @tig said:

        I do not know this tool in any detail... but in passing... I see that there are $ global variables like '$preview' these are dangerous - especially if they have simplistic names [like 'preview'] as other authors might have used them [ill-advisedly] too, as globals works across all scripts in that session - better to use '@preview' as an instance variable, or '@@preview' as a class variable, to hold your data specifically for your own tool so such potential clashes are avoided... 🤓

        Yes TIG

        when I developed this plugin I had only one months experience the ruby language and API sketchup.
        certainly you will find other errors of this type in the source, but I perfecting every day.
        in the next release several beginner mistakes are corrected but it will remain.

        best regard 😄

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        • V Offline
          vtrdo
          last edited by

          hi guys

          i have here a bit strange behavior of the plug ..

          I have set up simple fly-around with 10 camera Keys - previews look perfect , smooth and going exactly as we want... ... camera follows busier curve ...till this moment everything is nice and easy

          problems are: ➡
          1/after i press the ENTER even if i change the number for Frames between each key I always get 19 scenes .. is this correct?
          2/ ❗ bigger one scenes which were produced change the Field of View and positions now it is in position is same as the key ...

          What can i do to get result same as Preview ... or do i have to set up properly the Keys and forget what the preview is showing??

          many thanks!!!!

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          • majidM Offline
            majid
            last edited by

            😞 I can't run it at all!!!! any conflict with other plugs?
            where I must seek it? plugin menu? tools menu?
            how can I activate it's toolbar (ui) please?


            edit: thanks ... wow this is wonderful, thank you, I was seeking it in false place. 👍 👍
            I just wondering how can I edit the path?

            My inspiring A, B, Sketches book: https://sketchucation.com/shop/books/intermediate/2612-alphabet-inspired-sketches--inspiring-drills-for-architects--3d-artists-and-designers-

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            • T Offline
              theVonZipper
              last edited by

              Trying out CameraKeyMaker on a winXP. Doesn't behave like the video tutorial. (BTW, is there supposed to be audio with that video?)
              Although Alt-Q does add a key frame, I cannot use the orbit tool to reposition the camera. The CameraKeyMaker feedback onscreen disappears & as far as I can tell the script ends.
              What is available is a dotted sphere to mark position. I clicked on that & circled a cube. Hitting enter did send the key frames to scenes. But the scenes created this way do not orbit the cube.
              Is there a new version available yet? (The version I am trying out does not iclude the 1.0 designation anywhere in its name or files).

              If I could get it to work it would be a great feature.
              Thanks,
              -=Zip

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              • simon le bonS Offline
                simon le bon
                last edited by

                Hi macgile,

                I'm using/learning your tool since few days. After a hard start, I now begin to tame it pretty well. I understand now how I can manage the bezier camera path. It is a cool tool 👍 😄 and the exported animations are nicely fluid 👍 👍
                I begin to see some requests to ask for.
                But the main thing I'm confronted in is a problem of angle of camera.

                I just have finished a complex camera path with a complex model and have launched CameraMaker scenes maker. I realize something I hadn't noticed in my trainings: is that animation uses a fixed camera angle of 30° !! This is too short!
                Standard angle in sketchup is 35° , I for my part have made the all camera path with a wider angle of 50°. Now my animation is to much cropped. 😒

                I have tried to update the scenes one by one (the firsts of my 69 scenes!) with this 50° angle but it seems that some geometry don't display satisfactorily.

                Do you think it is possible to do something ? or it is a big update of the code!

                Cheers,
                Simon.

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Perhaps the line
                  @camera = @view.camera
                  could be followed by
                  @camera.fov = 50.0
                  or whatever fov-angle you'd like ?

                  TIG

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                  • simon le bonS Offline
                    simon le bon
                    last edited by

                    Hi Tig, 😄

                    Thanks for the advice. I shall try this tomorrow.

                        • simon
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                    • simon le bonS Offline
                      simon le bon
                      last edited by

                      Hi TIG,

                      I've just tried what you were recommending

                      @tig said:

                      Perhaps the line
                      @camera = @view.camera
                      could be followed by
                      @camera.fov = 50.0
                      or whatever fov-angle you'd like ?

                      Resulting to this change, the camera is set to 50° as soon as I activate CameraKeyMaker tool . But when my Alt+Q camera shots are done and I clic "Enter" to call the SET UP SCENES and "OK" , created scenes are still cropped back to camera 30°.
                      I have made a search on "30°" into the ruby txt, but the specified string was not found. 😞

                      Do you have any other idea?

                      😕 simon

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        The screen size [width/height etc] is set in code later on - perhaps this is cropping the image ?
                        I don't use this tool so I am winging it here 😕

                        view.camera.set(eye, target, up)
                        if @save_image
                                keys = {
                                 ;filename => @fileName,
                                 ;width => 320,
                                 ;height => 240,
                                 ;antialias => true,
                                 ;compression => 0.9,
                                ;transparent => true }
                                view.write_image keys
                               end
                        

                        have you tried changing those ?
                        Trying changing the width/height proportions...

                        Also perhaps add view.camera.fov=50.0 before 'keys' ???
                        Also ' newCamera' is set perhaps you need to set newCamera.fov=50.0 too ?

                        TIG

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                        • simon le bonS Offline
                          simon le bon
                          last edited by

                          Hi TIG,

                          "crop" is probably a wrong word I have used. I tell this way to express that the 30° telephoto produces like a zooming into the field. (oups my english 😳 )

                          @tig said:

                          try changing those
                          Also perhaps add view.camera.fov=50.0 before 'keys' ???
                          Also ' newCamera' is set perhaps you need to set newCamera.fov=50.0 too ?

                          They both don't change the 30° scenes output

                          first try:

                          http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/2012-01-08_220506.jpg

                          second try:

                          http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/SketchUp/2012-01-08_215157.jpg

                          I believe in the second one because:

                               generate_scene = true
                          
                                if generate_scene
                          

                          is the place where I'm searching to change the camera opening field. Is the way I have add the line is good?

                          😕 s

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                          • D Offline
                            driven
                            last edited by

                            hi,

                            Your output image dims ratio is 1.333, if the window isn't a same ratio it causes problems on mac's...

                            or you could try running Martin's camera Stats, might show you what's happening.http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=27835

                            john

                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                            • simon le bonS Offline
                              simon le bon
                              last edited by

                              Hi John,

                              Thank you for your cent.

                              Y
                              @unknownuser said:

                              our output image dims ratio is 1.333, if the window isn't a same ratio it causes problems on mac's...

                              I have tried a 16/9 format (ratio: 1.66 ) but I don't notice any different result ❓

                               if @save_image
                                      keys = {
                                       ;filename => @fileName,
                                       ;width => 1000,
                                       ;height => 602,
                              

                              I have downloaded and used [Plugin] Camera Stats by MartinRinehart : it confirms my fields of view

                              Cheers,
                              simon

                              PS: I just have sent a PM to macgile . wait and see. 😒

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                              • R Offline
                                RichardU
                                last edited by

                                I see there is a preview recently posted on YouTube for version 2.0 of this tool.

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                                • N Offline
                                  numerobis
                                  last edited by

                                  Great plugin! very nice! 😎
                                  but... any news on this fov problem?!? with a camera always jumping to 30° fov it's pretty useless for me... 😢

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                                  • PixeroP Offline
                                    Pixero
                                    last edited by

                                    @richardu said:

                                    I see there is a preview recently posted on YouTube for version 2.0 of this tool.

                                    Can you post a link? I can´t find it.

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                                    • R Offline
                                      RichardU
                                      last edited by

                                      @pixero said:

                                      Can you post a link? I can´t find it.

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                                        numerobis
                                        last edited by

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                                          LivioE
                                          last edited by

                                          fantastic, thanks very much

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                                          • L Offline
                                            LivioE
                                            last edited by

                                            ..bute are you sure it runs also within su8 ?

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