Creating 3D Camera Movements

1. In the Tools toolbar, ifAnimate Off or Animate Onion Skin Range mode is selected, click on it to open the Animate pop-up menu and select Animate Current Frame.

1. In the Timeline view, click the Add Layers button and select Camera to add a camera to your scene.
2. In the Timeline view, select the new camera layer.

3. In the Timeline Layer toolbar, click the Add Peg button to add a parent peg to the camera.
4. In the Timeline view, double-click on the new peg layer to open the Layer Properties dialog box.
5. In the Layer Properties dialog box, go to the Transformation tab and select the Enable 3D option.
6. In the Rotation section, select the Quaternion option.

7. In the Perspective view, click the Show/Hide Camera button to see your camera cone.
8. Setup your workspace to display the Camera view and Perspective view at the same time so you can compare the results.

9. In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool.
10. In the Timeline view, select the Camera-Peg layer first frame and select Insert > Keyframe.

11. In the Timeline view, select the Camera-Peg layer.
12. In the Timeline view, go to the last frame.

13. In the Perspective view, grab one of the rotation ellipses and rotate the camera on one axis only. Always do one axis at a time to keep control of the positioning.

14. Once the camera is rotated at the correct angle, grab one of the direction arrows to move the camera to the correct position. A keyframe is automatically created in the Timeline view.