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Camera on the Show Designer works very much like a camera in real world

You can move it, change where it's looking at and modify it's zoom.

Camera properties can be change using the mouse or can also be change in the Camera properties window

 

 

Camera operation can be choose from the Camera Menu...

SD_Menu_Camera

 

...Or from the Camera Toolbar

SD_Toolbar_Camera

 

 

You can view a 3D window from almost any angle you like. You have 5 camera movements you can use:

 

ZoomCamera Zoom [Hotkey Z]

Holding the LMB and moving the mouse up or down will zoom the camera in and out.

Zoom        Like on a real camera, zoom will allow you to zoom in or out of the scene

 

CameraMoveToFromCamera In/Out [Hotkey X]

Holding the LMB and moving the mouse up or down will move the camera in and out.

Would be like walking towards your scene with the camera, instead of using the zoom

 

 

Camera InspectCamera Inspect [Hotkey C]

Holding the LMB and moving the mouse around will move the camera around a selected object or if no select is made, it will move around the focus point of the camera (see camera properties)

 

 

Camera MoveCamera Move [Hotkey V]

Holding the LMB and moving the mouse around will move the camera in and out.

Lift the camera up, down, left or right

 

 

Camera SwivelCamera Swivel [Hotkey Alt+V]

Holding the LMB and moving the mouse around will move the camera direction

Point your camera in a different direction        

 

 

Camera undoCamera Undo [Hotkey Alt+Z]

Undo the last Camera change in the selected view

 

 

Camera redoCamera Redo [Hotkey Alt+Y]

Redo the last Camera Undo in the selected view

 

Full ViewFull View [Hotkey Ctrl+7]

Zoom the Camera to fully see the scene of the current view

 

 

Full view allFull View All

Zoom the Camera to fully see the scene of all views

 

Select CameraCamera Selection (only in 3D window)

Press the down arrow and select a saved camera view

SD_Menu_CamSelect

Or Press the icon and select the camera from the following window

SD_Camera_SelectWindow

 

Camera Properties

 

Save a Camera View

 

Delete a Camera View