Tutorial: Quick Smooth Camera Movements in Blender
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video we try a different approach to animating the camera in Blender. It's a faster method I use all the time to get smooth steadicam-like movement! (Stick around to the end for a surprise)
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Camera setup
01:16 Auto keying
01:55 Smooth keys
03:21 Manual keying
04:24 Cinemascope
04:54 Floor setup
06:55 Extending animation
07:55 Rendered results
09:15 Bonus content
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Hello! To anyone getting stuck in this video in the future, maybe it can help to follow the tutorial in Blender version 2.81 and append the entire scene to a newer version of Blender. I made a tutorial about how to do this here: th-cam.com/video/eVmZz_m2Hf0/w-d-xo.html
sadly, my 4.x project won't load in 2.81. just keeps on crashing
The idea of simulating a cameraman's shadow is exactly the kind of ridiculous and ingenious idea that earns my subscription. You had me laughing, you crazy bastard.
Same. Didn't hit the sub until I saw the tip at the ending.
amen
Nice video + nice comment, +1 sub too! :D
One hell of a lazy tip. I love it!
I will tefinitely use this
In real-world people trying to avoid camera shakes and reflections of camera equipment...while 3D artists are going crazy trying to add imperfections to their artworks to make it feel more real... That last part of the video is just the craziest thing ever. I like it. Haha
You are right, People try to make camera movement noiseless in real world But in the 3d world all people add noise modifier to camera animation..
Hah true
So true! :-D
Blender Guru summarized this by "In 3D, imperfections is perfection"
(heard in Couch Tutorial Series)
I know a lot of people who add a way to many imperfections in there renders in order to make it look real which turns out ruining a good render. But It is actually important to add some imperfections cause in real-world nothing in super smooth or spotless.
@@shivanshsingh8229 👍 Yes. Too much imperfections can ruine the render.
I think in most cases, imperfections must be subtle, practically invisible for eyes but visible for brain.
I think on Blender 4.0 the menu "Key" -> "Sample Keyframes" has moved to "Key" -> "Density" -> "Bake Keyframes".
Thanks so much bro i couldnt find shit
This comment should be pinned
thank you for your service
Thanks, man!
Dude this is so helpful thanks!!
Two years ago I watched this video. It inspired me to start learning blender. I went through blender guru's donut tutorial, and now, two years later I am working on my first paid professional project! Thank you
That's sooo cool, any advises?😅
@@hilarysol23 I've got some videos on my channel that should help!
Shortcuts that can help:
Left button: Confirm
Right button: Cancel
"E" button: Up
"Q" button: Scroll down
"Space" button: Teleports / focuses object
"Scroll up or down" button: Speed up or slow down camera
"Shift" button: Accelerates the camera while it is pressed
"Alt" button: Slows down camera while pressed
"G or TAB" button: Activates gravity and deactivates
"V" button: "Jump"
Thanks for the valuable video and sorry for the bad English.
Thanks🙂
Thanks man!
surely helped many
Bad English? Where? Not only were there no mistakes anywhere, this is formatted perfectly, too!
The shortcuts are displayed at the bottom of the Blender window
You can use the mouse scroll wheel to increase the speed of the movement when in walk navigation mode. Thought this might help someone.
Thanks.
thank you
GOD BLESS
Thanks!
YEEEEEES grazie
Haha, this tip in the very end is just hilarious! Real-life cameraoperators have a hard time figuring out how NOT to be visible in glossy car finish. And CGI-artists FAKE them in! Love it, man!
Blender 3.3.1: Holding down Alt+O doesn't spam the action. Workaround is to Alt+O once, then Shift+R to redo the action, and that you can hold down to spam.
Thanks this helped a lot!
Thank you! I was really confused
thank u
it works but its very slow any way to make it faster?
This is amazing. Quick note, make sure you hit "normalize keyframes" so that way you don't accidentally have a stray curve that you missed. My camera was super shakey since those weren't being smoothed.
Sweet! Have been experiencing the same issue, didn’t know about this! Thanks!!
life saver
@@Polyfjord Then we could say the student has become the teacher.
@@hazemelody Maybe it has become!
Can you plss explain properly about "normalizing keyframes" , as I didn't get wht u said.....🤔🥺
the little tutorial at the end lol, great video hope to see more like this in the future.
"So if you're still here, here's something that is so dumb it might actually work" 😂😂 love your content man keep up the good work
“Smooth keyframes” is now found under Key>Smooth>Smooth (Gaussian) (although Butterworm Smooth works better), and “Sample Keyframes” is found under Density>Bake Keyframes.
thanks a loootttt bro
Thanks mate🙏
VFX Artists: Here is how you remove the reflection of the cameraman if there is one visible.
Iotsalote: Here is how you are able to get a reflection of a cameraman in a virtual environment.
I love the ending 😂
“This is really stupid and you probably shouldn’t do it. Thanks for watching!”
Thanks for making my day! I’m definitely gonna try this method now.
Imma use John cena as the camera man 😂
This person taught the basics of the camera is less than a minute, we need more people like this
Another cool thing I've found out- Since you have to pause for a second in the beginning of making the movement keyframes to press shift+F, wait maybe a second longer before you start moving. Then move around as normal, but don't stop the recording after the animation ends. Let it loop again, but stop making keyframes right before the first movement keyframe starts. It'll end up being a perfectly looped camera movement after its smoothed out :)
Fantastic!!!! Will have to try this! Thanks so much!
Hmm, when I'm recording a cam movement and when I "dont stop recording after the animation ends" and the playback loops back to the start, the camera jumps back to its "original position" even though there arent any keyframes at the start of the animation. So how can you continue doing the camera movement through the end of the animation and reconnect at the start?
Great tip, thanks for sharing! (Love the little tip at the end :D ).
Hey thanks man! Keep up the awesome work!
Now you will show this in your channel and make monyy
I remember when I had to make path lmaoo
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering when the curve path gets messed up and needs constant fixing. Then 8:17 happens!
@@Polyfjord lmaooo
OMG me too! I HATED That!!
@@RSpudieD yea, tutorials were fricking impossible
@@Polyfjord Any star wars fans here? Hello there
You are such a Great Explainer. Instead of watching 20 minutes of a tutorial and trying to keep a mental note of the important stuff, i just watch your videos, you are straight on the point and then the needed explanation no extra bs. Thats a dope skill
Love the speed of your tutorials, no fluff - great pace, good humour and lovely imagery. Thanks!
Oh come on! And I'm here editing individual curves since EVER!
Very simple technique yet one of the most useful tutos I've watched since last year. Thanks for that 😅
this is phenomenal
I just got into blender a few months ago and I've always wandered if there was a way to create camera movement without that hassle of creating paths all over.
this method is WAY more organic.
also you got me with the cameraman thing lol
I tought about the part you discuss in the very end throughout the video and seeing you come back to it almost killed me. Thanks, your approach to blender is admirable.
This is one of the top 10 tip tuts for blender ever. THANK YOU! The Dart Vader animation is mindblowing. I wish it was longer. Do more of it!
Dude... HOW do you know all this amazing stuff?! You're like a Blender Alchemist or Worlock or something!! Thanks so much for this!!!
hey thanks so much!!
@@bobmcboblin yeah..
A Really GOOD memory is a great help.
Thank you for learning me how to move the camera in a way that makes sense!
Right?! Other workflows are a bit easier to customize on a later stage though, but I really like this for rapid experimentation!
I literally don’t do 3D stuff but I love watching your videos, the way to teach doesn’t bores me at all and it’s really entertaining. Good stuff my guy!
DAMN
this man is a legend
he is clear and gets STRAIGHT to the point and doesn't waste time and unnecessarily stretch the video forever
8:45 I am waiting for explosion!!
Me too😂
EXPLOSIONN!!
Hahaha this is all I could think about watching that. I was blueballed so bad 😫
Rip lars homestead
Yeah that was a real cliffhanger
This tutorial was really powerful, I've never once realized I could record key frames whilst letting the animation timeline run for the past 8 years!
Man this is just excellent. I was trying to achieve this first person look with "follow path" and "track to" contraints but it's so tedious and never looked natural. This method is the way to go
Incredible workflow development, thank you for sharing this! Also, your final steady-cam operator / realism booster tip is absolutely brilliant! 💎
I had no idea this was even possible and now I'm so in awe of it's simplicity! Thanks for sharing!
This has to be one of the best Blender tutorials on TH-cam ever! Bruh the Cameraman at the end!!
I love all your tutorials man. You should be so proud of yourself and the progress you made. I literally use your tutorials as a reference when learning, even from other tutorials. Cheers man 🎊
This is what i needed! W,A,S,D Moving! Im kinda new to blender, all i have to do,i master this camera movement, animations (already did) but hardest part will be backgrounds and textures
Pls can you tell me how he did the 360 rotation. I have no mouse tho
@@ajaxx627 😂
@@usmankakka I figured it out already 😭I’m new to this blender thing 😅
@@ajaxx627 how did you do it ???
@@tab2022 I watched a TH-cam video. I don’t know I’m scared of sending the link in comment section I’m scared of getting banned from commenting or something
This is a really awesome technique! Thank you!
big fan
most wanted tuts really helpful. The extra tip fires it up to the next level. Thanks. All your renders were on point.
This is an impatient designer's dream-workflow. Thank you so much for sharing!
I’m starting to get into blender studying and learning the basics. You’re a great teacher man 🤙🏼🎬🔥 everyone else goes at max speed and I can’t even keep up. Thanks again man !
Wow. Great job. You really Impressed me, even though I use 3ds Max. Keep staying creative.
You're so amazing for sharing this clever method for free. Also the star wars scene is insane. Thank you!
AMAZING! Even in 2024, I'm a designer mainly illustrator and photoshop - but im learning blender for basic animation, this helped out so much! Thanks man
one of the best blender tutorial I've ever watched, very impressive !
Great tip! I've used the Walk Mode for pre-vis, but never final camera animation - kind of one of those "duh" moments for me - lol. A few little additions - that may have been mentioned: Shift+~ (that's a "Tilde" - to the left of the number 1 Key) is the default hotkey for Walk Mode/Fly mode (in 2.8+ anyway).
If you want to change the speed of the movement, you can scroll the mouse wheel to speed up/slow down.
You can hold Shift to "run" or speed up camera movement momentarily.
If you go to Preferences>Navigation>Fly and Walk>Walk there are two settings of interest - Walk Speed (also controlled by the mouse wheel) and Speed Factor - which is how much you will speed up when you hold Shift. Mouse Sensitivity can slow or speed up responsiveness ... but it seems easier to control when it's left at 1.0.
Again, great tip - thanks for sharing it :)
Wow, Thanks. How can I orbit around an object/scene like he did for the default cube pls?
@@dymegee i have the same question :(
@@duaaabdullkarim2143 Yeah, I figured it out. Use WASD keys where applicable while you pan/move your mouse simultaneously to acheive the orbit. Basically, mouse panning is needed. Hope this helps.
@@dymegee thank you soooooo mush
camera man never dies, even in the scene with an expensive and great looking car
The relief I felt while watching this video is unquantifiable. I love you. I really do.
so far the best tutorial for blender that I found! 10 mins full of transported information! great joB!
Great tuto ! I decreased the frame rate to 5 FPS during the real time movement, it helped me to have enough time to move my camera in a quiet way !
Not bad!! Will try it!
@@Polyfjord guys why dosent the keypoints show when i record it ?
@@AliRo Make sure the camera is selected/highlighted in the viewport. (Super late but this is for others those who come across this issue.)
@@JVP_thephobic I hope you don't delete this comment
@@JVP_thephobic uh where is the viewport I'm kinda new
I hope you little detailed about explaining
Great tutorial, thanks👍👊
Those shortcuts for navigation had helped me so much over the years THANKS !
My mind is officially blown. I can get over how simple you've made this
I played games my whole life, doing this is second nature xD
"So this is really stupid, and you probably shouldn't do it."
Words to live by.
You're the master! For 3 years, It's always been a benefit for all people.
Man, your animations are always so fantastic! Great trick and I can't wait to use it
Quick tip: use Shift + ~ to enter Walk Mode, and do not assign the old one. There were changes in newer versions, so, Shift + F doesn't have this value no more.
✌️👌
The finale bit cam guy bit made me LAUGH SO HARD! Thanks man, this is how you do anim tuts! SUB!
This is super cool. Thanks for sharing. It turns an hours long task of animating a camera into a few intuitive minutes.
This is really soooo coooool. I always hated the linear looking camera movements in animations. Now it’s possible to add a touch of gimbal or handheld movement! Great!
Amazing!
it has been a while since you uploaded anything about lighting or blender :( .. cooooome ooooon
why are you not verified?
For those asking about how he orbited around the default cube at 2:30
Just hold either the A or D key while slightly moving your mouse simultaneously. You’ll get your 360 degrees rotation.
My camera still won't budge in any rotating around the object. It's just stuck in that one starting point. Also, the rotation values turn orange in the transform panel. Do you know what could be the issue?
THANK YOU 🔥🔥🔥
That last little tip (the camera operator) is brilliant. Very clever and a powerful detail that I would have never thought of. Thanks for the great content! You have a new subscriber 🙏🏻
I don't even have blender but i love watching these
maybe u should use decimente keyframes in the end to make them easy to adjust if you need,
I will :)
Yeah i had same idea, it also smooths it also the other smooth operation works nice
You could also use the simplify add-on
@@pavanbhadaja8859 What they made an addon for implying key-frames? I think i heard of tit not sure
Thanks for the tutorial, only things is that my camera isn't getting any keyframes. This means that I will not see anything in the graph editor. Can you please help?
same here, did you find a solution eventually?
I'm facing the same issue
@@mariadyshkant btw i've figured it out. Make sure you've enabled Auto Keying
make sure your camera is selected
Really amazing. I love Blender Community so much. Thank you all for sharing great staff
That last detail is... EPIC, I've never thought about that
Can someone help me do this in Blender 4.1? How do i do this?
Your mouse probably hate you after this.
omg i was thinking about the reflections of an operator and then you add it in the end. Genius!
This was I think the BEST blender tutorial I'v ever watched Thanks so Much
lotsalote Hi friend! I'm sure you have the solution for my issue : I trying many times to figure how to rotate around object in fly/walk mode (on the Z axis)! like you did while you go with the camera around the car. I press all the possible keys. please help me with that. thank you!
what he did was strafe around the object while smoothly moving the mouse to focus on the object.
i have the same problem
88 for an Audi is perfectly normal (thinking about their logo).
I loe simple elegant solutions for complex problems. I am quite new to Blender but have gotten quite far and always love when I learn things like you showed us today
You are the smartest man I've seen in a long time. These tips and tricks are 🤯!!! Can't believe why u don't have more subscribers.
When I press square my camera zooms in. Also, my graph editor is not showing keyframes.
I had the same problem with the keyframes. Here's what I learned. While in camera view, you need to click the outline of the frame. It will turn yellow. Then you'll see the keyframes. This tutorial is not entirely for beginners. I don't know what you mean by "pressing square" so I can't help you there.
@@astralislux305 thanks a lot ! that was my mistake too
@@astralislux305 still not working bro😥
Haha, I thought of adding a fake camera operator when you showed the audi render. Lol
Truly a god amongst your pixels.
Dude. Not gunna lie, you just changed my life! Thank you!
it may be because im using a newer version of blender and that im new, BUT, when i record the camera movement it dosent create keyframes. It just makes the animation and i therefore cant smoothe it OR delete the movement. As i said im new to blender, so its probably just me being a dumbass, but if you know the solution please let me know
did you figure it out? Same exact thing is happening to me right now :,(
Quick Tip!!!
If anyone is experiencing that the spped of navigation is too fast/slow, change the scale of your scene.
Make things bigger for slower speeds and vice versa.
If anyone has any better suggestions, please mention it in the replies of this comment.😀
Ok nice but then there will be problems with the general size of everything
@@tarunviegas8481 Unless you have any unbaked simulations, I don't think it will cause any issues.
Maybe if you wanted to model everything according to real world scale, it may be an issue. But you can always scale it back to normal once you have animated the camera.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
@@chiragkhadpe4757 k
Since this is still a relevant tutorial a better way is to use the scroll-wheel on your mouse - it acts as a throttle. Scroll up and you move faster, scroll down and you move slower. Usually in Blender it is best to keep things at real-world scale unless you have a good reason to do things differently.
That was exactly what I was looking for, easy and powerful! Thank you so much indeed for posting it.
Awesome! And the clips of your own work were so cool!
The walk navigation got ruined in the later versions :(
i just got into blender 2 days ago and the level of animation you guys do is just incredible i wonder why animation studios throw millions of dollars in movies when you can make ultra quality animations at home im already learning a lot in just a couple of days
Movie quality is certainly possible in Blender but it is a lot of work and the render times on most home users' computers would be measured in months for some kinds of shot.
The animation at the end is amazing, I mean you are skilled!
Congrats to everyone who has to use a trackpad! You won a tough time!
The video i was searching yesterday. Law of attraction .
Coincidence
Or just algorithm
@@Max-zi5wx That makes more sense...
Man, you are a magician. This is just incredible. Thank you so much for teaching us this golden knowledge.
I want to thank you so much for this tips, sampling key frame and smoothing them is so easy to do and the result is awsome. You saved me :D
For someone who's using the latest version of "Blender 3.0" and finding it difficult to relate with the Hotkeys
W/Up ---- Move forward.
S/Down----- Move backward.
A/Left ------ Strafe left.
D/Right ------ Strafe right.
E ----- Move up - only available if Gravity off.
Q ------ Move down - only available if Gravity off.
Spacebar ----- Teleport location at the cross-hair (offset by the Camera Height value set in the Preferences).
WheelUp/NumpadPlus ------ Increase the movement speed for this open session.
WheelDown/NumpadMinus ------- Decrease the movement speed for this open session.
Shift ------- Speed up the movement temporarily.
Alt ------ Slow down the movement temporarily.
V ----- Jump - only available if Gravity is on.
Tab ------ Toggle Gravity.
For some reason, I just absolutely loved this tutorial!!!!
Awesome Tutorial🎉 Really helpful and explained in a short and detailed manner❤ Keep up the good work !
I wasn't expecting the last tip, but it's actually brilliant!!!
The last 30 seconds are Gold!
This is one of the best Blender videos I´ve ever seen. Thank you
Wow, thanks. I've just now started learning blender animations and your videos have been really helpful.
Came back after years just to comment on what a killer tip this was. You can use this method with other animation techniques if you use bake action first. This made blender from my least favorite tool to animate cameras to my most favorite. Made it effortless and the shots so smooth.
Niiiice!!! I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!