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Hello,

I've seen some posts vaguely talking about this (going back as far as 9 years ago) but no real solution.

I'm trying to figure out how to rotate (not move) a camera, while looking through it, on it's axes (x, y, or z).  These values can be typed in the Modify panel (Transform -> Move) but cannot seem to be modified with the mouse.  I found that one can hold Ctrl + LeftArrow or Ctrl + RightArrow to rotate the camera on it's z axis but it does it in 3-value increments, requiring manual modification to fine-tune.  There also does not seem to be a corresponding combination to rotate on the x asis.

Of course, one can hit the Pan (x) button and right-click but that rotation is an orbit.  The Orbit (c) button is also an orbit.  If you look at the Transform -> Move values in the Modify panel as you use this approach, you will see that those values are changing (along with the Rotate values); i.e., the camera itself is being moved in 3D-space.  I'm trying to figure out a way to look through the camera and simply rotate, not change the x, y, z coordinates.  I want the camera to be in the same location in 3D space but simply rotate.

This is done easily in Daz and other similar products.  I hope that this is just a lack of knowledge on my part and not a missing capability.  Any education folks could give me would be greatly appreciated.  I'm trying to make a usability decision on iClone for a large project I'm starting.  I would be concerned if this, seemingly basic, capability has been omitted.  I'm hoping that this is simply my need for education.

Thank You in Advance

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4u2ges (6/5/2018)

Or as was already mentioned link the camera to a small object placed right in front of the lenz, make it dummy so that it does not block the view, lock the camera and then use rotate/transform gismo for that dummy object to operate camera.


Did the OP try this?  I would think this would be exactly what he needs.

While it may be a bit kludgy, there are a lot of things in iClone that, while workarounds, work effectively enough not to worry about it.





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