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This page provides a quick starting point for recording camera movement in Chaos Vantage.


Overview


In Chaos Vantage, you can effortlessly record the camera movements in your scene. Thus, you can create dynamic walkthroughs with smooth, continuous motion, enhancing realism.

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Steps


1. Record camera.

To start recording camera movement, go to the Tools tab > Record Camera Movement or click the Record Camera Movement (Vantage_Cameratab_RecordCamera.png) button in the Camera lister. There is also a shortcut for this: Ctrl+Shift+R.

To mimic recording of a walkthrough, enter Free look mode: click the Vantage_TopToobar_FreeLook.PNG button, or use the ` shortcut, or right-click and use the WAand keys to navigate in the scene. The and keys move the camera up and down. The camera movement is recorded as a new camera slot in the Camera tab while you walk around. You can tell that the saved camera slot is a recorded camera movement by the red outline around the thumbnail.

You can stop the recording from the same button (Vantage_Cameratab_RecordCamera.png).

2. Preview animation.

To preview the recorded camera movement, open the Animation Editor by clicking on the Animation Editor (Vantage_Bottom_Bar_Editor.png) button to expose the animation tracks. Drag and drop the camera from the Camera list in the Camera animation track and click the Play (Vantage_Bottom_Bar_animation1.PNG) button.

3. HQ Render animation.

To render the recorded camera, go to Tools > Render High Quality Sequence or click the teapot render button (Vantage_Bottom_Bar_quality.PNG). You can also use the shortcut for this: Ctrl+R.

Choose the render resolution and click Start. You are prompted to select the output directory and file name.

Starting with Chaos Vantage 2.5, if you have numerous cameras, you can filter and sort them through the respective options in the Camera lister.

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