About the Camera Panels

The area at the top of the panel lets you create, select, and edit cameras.

The first available view is the current view.

Only the views that are available for the active element appear in the dialog box.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
	Lets you collapse the Cameras panel. When collapsed, click to expand the panel.
Camera list	Lets you select the camera. Each time a new camera is selected, the preview thumbnail displayed below the camera list is updated accordingly.
Create Camera	Creates a new camera from the current view.
Update Camera From View	Updates the camera with the current viewpoint. To activate the automatic update mode, double-click this option.
Delete Camera	Deletes the selected view.

The General area lets you adjust general camera options.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Name	Displays the name of the view you clicked in the camera list.
Type	Defines the projection type: Perspective switches the camera to a 3D conic mode. Parallel switches the camera to a 3D cylindrical mode.

The Transformation area lets you adjust the view mode and coordinates of the camera.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Target (X,Y,Z)	Defines the center of rotation of the camera on the corresponding axis: X, Y, and Z.
Origin (X,Y,Z)	Defines your eye position on the corresponding axis: X, Y, and Z.
Focal length	Defines the distance between the camera origin and the convergence plane. This option is relevant only for cameras with a Perspective projection type. Zoom adjusts the camera lens to increase or decrease the camera's field of view. Dolly-zoom adjusts the view angle of while the camera moves. The focal length defined in this dialog box and the one defined through the View command are linked. Any change made in the Manage Camera dialog box is simultaneously reflected in the camera manipulator. The Focal length parameter available in the camera properties is also modified accordingly.

The Photographic area lets you modify the lens aperture and focus.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Shutter speed	Defines the shutter speed of the camera. This option has an impact on the exposure. Values range from 1/4000s to 1s. The higher the value, the darker the image.
Aperture	Specifies the amount of light you want on your object. The higher the value, the sharper the image. The lower the value, the more blurred the objects out of the focus. When using ray tracing, the depth of field is physically more realistic than in real time. Important: Click to unlink the aperture and the exposure. They are linked by default, which means that whenever you modify the aperture, the exposure is automatically adjusted. To link them back, click .
Focus Mode	Defines where the focus of the camera is. Depending on the aperture value, the other objects can be out of focus. Autofocus (AF) is the default and makes the screen center the focus point. Continuous focus (AF-A) lets you define the focus on the 3D. To modify the distance value, click , and then use the cursor to pick a 3D point. Manual focus (MF) defines the focus according to the value you specify for the focus distance. To do so, enter a value in the Focus Distance box, or click and then pick an object in the 3D area.
Exposure	Defines the amount of light that determines the brightness of the image.

The Post Process area lets you define tone mapping options for the image postprocessing. Each camera can have different tone mapping effects and the values you defined are stored within each camera.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Enable Filter	Select the option to activate the Filter list and select the filter to be applied.
Enable Tone Mapping	Activates or deactivates tone mapping according to the following properties: Blacks, Whites, Saturation, Gamma, and Vignetting.
Blacks	Gives more contrast to dark areas.
White	Gives more contrast to white areas.
Saturation	Sets the image saturation.
Gamma	Sets the image gamma.
Vignetting	Sets the vignetting of the image.
Enable Glow	Enhances light reflection. Therefore, this option is relevant only for objects reflecting light. Select this option to activate the Intensity box that lets you define how bright the effect is. Make sure that the Allow bloom option is activated in the Visual Quality panel. Otherwise, effects are not visible in the 3D. Important: The behavior differs depending on the visualization engine, especially for the intensity of the glowing effect. The Stellar Realtime Native engine (rasterizer) and the Stellar Physically Correct engine (ray tracing) produce an artistic glow with a minor impact on performance. The Stellar Physically Correct engine in batch mode produces a physically plausible glow that may look different from the artistic glow. The computation is slower than in interactive mode but gives a more physically correct result. The Iray engine uses NVIDIA technology.

The Clipping area lets you define near clip and far clip properties.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Enable Auto Clipping	Automatically computes the Near Clip and Far Clip properties.
Near Clip	Defines the distance from which objects are visible.
Far Clip	Defines the distance from which objects are no longer visible.

The Motion area lets you define and edit key frames from the original position of the camera. The key frames are then assembled to generate an animation.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Static Camera	The camera remains in the same position. No animation is created. By default, this option is selected.
Move	The camera moves from one camera view to another.
Move Around	The camera rotates around its target horizontally or vertically according to the selected rotation type.
Zoom	The focal length of the camera changes to make the object appear closer or further away.
Translate	The camera moves along a line from its original point to a destination that you can specify.

According to the selected type of animation, other options are available.

For more information, see About Animations Types.

The Cameras panel lets you manage and play cameras through contextual commands.

For each camera you create, a new thumbnail displaying the camera preview is added to the panel.

The name of the active camera is highlighted in blue and animated cameras are identified by a film strip .

When you change the viewpoint of the current view then click Update Camera From View in the Edit Camera panel, the corresponding camera thumbnail is updated accordingly.

The Cameras panel lets you:

• Switch between cameras. To do so, click the appropriate camera thumbnail in the panel.
  Note: If you make changes to the current view, then click a thumbnail to switch to another camera, a dialog box prompts you to save or not these changes.
• Refresh all camera thumbnails (to take into account material modifications or a decal application, for example) by clicking .
• Display the context menu. To do so, right-click a camera thumbnail, and then choose the appropriate command.

  Command	Description
  Create Camera	Lets you create a new camera.
  Rename Camera	Lets you change the name of the camera. To do so, enter the new camera name in the Rename Camera dialog box that opens, and then click OK.
  Copy Camera	Lets you copy the camera as a whole, or only some of its properties. If you click Copy, the camera is copied with all its properties. To copy only the properties of your choice, click Copy, and then use the submenu to choose the properties: Transformation Photographic Post Process Glow Clipping Animation. Click as many properties as required, and then click Validate Selection. Note: To remove a selected property, click it in the submenu.
  Paste Camera	Lets you paste the copied camera properties to another camera.
  Delete Camera	Lets you remove the camera. This removes the thumbnail from the Cameras panel and the corresponding view from the camera list.
  Duplicate Camera	Lets you duplicate the camera.
  Play Camera	Lets you play the current animated camera.