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Posted by Xiste at May 21, 2024, 7:13:07 PM
How to avoid abrupt camera movements in videos.
I recently revisited this old post by Cecilia http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,6844
where she commented on the fact that the video plugin could not ease movements in and out, and just changes direction and stops rather brutally.
Well, enkonyitos video plugin can do easing of some sort, if you program your camera movements right.

The trick is to move the camera a descending number of frames towards the end of the journey.
If I had been a programmer I could have made the video plugin do this by itself on request, just like it can move in strait lines or curves. But alas...
Sad that Enko has left us. He could probably have done it easily.

I have this short example for anyone interested, where you can jump between camera movements and see how it's done.

http://www.boassen.no/KP/EasingEffect.sh3d

and two films to see the difference between enos plugin and the native:

http://www.boassen.no/KP/EasingEffect-enko.mov
http://www.boassen.no/KP/EasingEffect-native.mov

The camera movements are the same on both video plugins.

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