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Patchwork 3D 2024 X7

Camera Animations Library

Camera animations provide the source content for clips in the Camera track of a timeline. The Camera Animations image264.png tab in the library on the right-hand side of the Timelines editor consists of a list of defined camera animations. It provides buttons allowing you to create new ones and duplicate, rename, or delete the current ones.

From the list in this library tab, you can:

  • Load camera clips by dragging animations from the library and dropping them onto the Camera track.

    Dropping a camera animation onto the Camera track creates a solid-colored clip whose length corresponds to the duration of the clip. In a bookmark animation clip, the positions of the bookmarks are visible. Each bookmark is displayed as a vertical bar within the clip.

    Dropping a camera animation onto the camera track creates a solid-colored clip whose length corresponds to the duration of the clip.

    Note

    The initial camera position of the first clip will be used from the beginning of the timeline. If no clips exist in your timeline, the camera position in the active viewport will be used instead.

  • Modify an existing animation by double-clicking on its name in the list.

Use the buttons to manage the list:

Icon

Function

Description

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New

Create a new camera animation. You will be asked to provide a name for the new animation and to select the type of camera path (Kam file, bookmark animation or Bézier path) from the drop-down list.

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Duplicate

Duplicate the selected camera animation.

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Rename

Rename the selected camera animation.

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Import

Import a camera animation in the following formats: KBA (bookmark animator), BZA (Bézier paths) and KAM (KAM file).

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Export

Export a camera animation in the following formats: KBA, BZA and KAM.

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Delete

Delete the selected camera animation.