Greetings.

I have just uploaded my first-ever iClone tutorial.

I have learned a lot from other people's tutorials, and I am pleased to be able to contribute for a change.

Topic:  Smooth Camera Motion

This is something I've been working on again lately.  I was able to combine things I ready knew with some recent tips by other users.  The result was a greatly simplified way of getting smooth camera motions that looked a lot better to me.

iClone - Pointy Hat Tutorial 1 - Smooth Camera Movement from justaviking on Vimeo.

If you are in a hurry, the most important and valuable section runs from 2:24 to 4:48.

Let me know what you think.  What did you like?  What would make it better?  I know it's not perfect, but I do want to get back to working on my Pinhead project.

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good tips,
you might want to touch on the "smooth camera movements" checkbox
in the camera menu.:) it does help.


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Ah, yes, good point.

In my experience it is more of a subtle fix.  Maybe it helps with "small jittery motions," I'm not sure, since I don't often have them.  Others have made similar comments that it might do some good, but doesn't help with the abruptness of the camera motions.

I would love to see a situation where it really helps.  If I notice one, I'll let you know.

I also did not mention about the "Auto Level Camera" option.  I didn't want to overwhelm either myself or my audience in my first tutorial  :unsure:

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iClone 7... Character Creator... Substance Designer/Painter... Blender... Audacity...
Desktop (homebuilt) - Windows 10, Ryzen 9 3900x CPU, GTX 1080 GPU (8GB), 32GB RAM, Asus X570 Pro motherboard, 2TB SSD, terabytes of disk space, dual  monitors.
Laptop - Windows 10, MSI GS63VR STEALTH-252, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 (6GB), 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD

An excellent first tutorial. Very informative and easy to follow along. I forget to scrub back to zero all the time... very frustrating.



Doug

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Looks great. Better than my first tutorial!

I also end up using the "remove all animation" quite a bit. That, and the one in the camera and light panes as well.:D

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnn!!!!!
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo usefull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :w00t: :P :D

Thank you very much Justaviking!!

Camera mouvement is a very important feature to story telling............

Marc

Very good tutorial, examples and patient presentation

Suggestions.

Make video using one method at a time only. Newbs should always be considered. Make additional videos to show other methods this way viewers can concentrate on what you are doing one method at a time and fix in their mind.

I am not knocking anything you have done. I think most of icloners with some timeline experience can sort it out very easily.

The timeline is a dark mystery to most newbs in the beginning. The path command is even more difficult.

IMO, this is a very helpful tutorial. Please don't be offended by suggestions.

Thank you for posting it

An excellent tutorial, Viking! Definitely makes me rethink camera and motion techniques!
Well done first tut! :)



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-Martok2112

Excellent timing Viking. :D I'm doing a fly-by of a pretty massive object and have two rather sharp corners in it. Like you I tried drawing a path but it was over-whelming at the scale I'm using. Your tute provides the perfect answer. :w00t: I can't wait to try it out. Will let you know. ;)

Thanks man

:cool: pete


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Super tute! Good info! Way to go!!! :D:D:D


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