Hi all
in an animation I want to zoom in on two persons standing in the background of the stage. The background itselft is an imported png-file, showing a room and I would be pleased, if I could zoom in this image as well. I am sure, there is a way ...
thanks to all and have a nice weekend,
Martin.

There are two different modes in CTA... One is Stage Mode, the other is Record Mode. It is Record Mode where you animate the camera, such as panning and zooming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvSmca6sI9A# At 8:09 is about Camera Movement

Thank you for this inspiring video. But what I have not yet checked, is how to set a starting point for paning and zooming in the camera. I want to have my first perspective and then, at frame 500something, I want to zoom. Any idea for this?
Thanks again,
Martin.

Place a key frame on the time line camera track at the point you want to start the zoom, then move to the point on the time line where the zoom ends and zoom.

Jeff


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Hi Jeff,
thanks for your reply, succeeded finally!
Cheers,
Martin.

Well, I suppose I was a bit rashly with my news of success. I tried again, after my first result was being crashed by my operating system and cannot repeat my success. In record mode it displays what I would like to see, I habe key frames in my timeline where they should be, but the paning and zooming is no longer being displayed. Any hints for me?
Cheers,
Martin.

Martin,

Check to see what mode the lens setting is in: Perspective or Orthographic.

In one there is no camera movement, the other has the camera movement.

Jeff


Get my Plugin Manager and TaskNotes plugins for iClone.
Check out EZColors and Other products for CTA/CA. EZColors: the easy way to change Render Styled (RS) colors!
See my CTA Tutorials on the YouTube channel CTAStepByStep

Hi Jeff,
still up, or already up? ;-)
Well I tried in both modes now. Scrolling in record mode through the time line, everything is fine. But I switch the record off, nothing moves and zooms anymore ...

Record mode is an active mode, whereas it not only records your camera movements, but also plays them back. When you turn it off, you're back in stage mode, and no camera movements will be evident. This is especially important when exporting, to be sure the record mode is active otherwise your camera movements will not export. Instead of record mode, just think of it as an active camera mode.

Ah, now I see. Would you propose then, I better always work in the record mode, in order to be able to use all camera functions as well? Or is there any functionality, that needs mere stage mode?
Thanks a lot for all the support I receive here!
Cheers,
Martin.