Panning and Trucking the Camera

You can create camera moves common in animation, like pans and trucks, using cameras and pegs. For example, you can change the area of the scene you are looking at by panning the camera. Or, you can move the camera into the scene (trucking) to create a sense of motion through the scene.

To create camera pans and trucks, you must attach the camera to a peg. Then, you must create east/west or north/south motion paths with the peg to create pans, or front/back motion paths to create trucks.

To pan and truck a camera:

1. Add a new camera element to your scene.

2. Activate the new camera by selecting the camera from the Camera List toolbar button.

3. Add a peg to the your scene.

4. Change the start/end frame and duration of the peg to the values you want.

5. To attach the camera to the peg, drag the camera element on top of the peg element in the Timeline window.

6. Modify the peg to create north/south, east/west and front/back motion.

The camera follows the path of the peg through your scene. Cameras are affected by a peg's motion and rotation, but not scale.