Ability to pickup camera/target focus in vantage and be able to animate them

[jhjariwala]

Hello there,

Is it currently possible to pick up focus/camera target by clicking in viewport or on image in vantage? Also being able to animate them, Either do it in 3dsmax or in vantage.

It would be great to animate DOF easily.

Regards,
Jignesh

[Alexander.Atanasov]

Hi jhjariwala,

There is no camera target in Vantage but you can animate depth of field very easily:

1. Frame the shot as you like;
2. Enable Depth of Field;
3. Pick the focus point by either pressing the T shortcut or from Top toolbar>Camera settings>Pick focus button
4. Create a new camera with the current settings, either from the Create camera button in the Camera lister or from the Top toolbar
5. Repeat the process for the next focus distance
6. Drag and drop the created cameras in the Camera track with a transition between them.

Please note that during transition there my be a slight change of FoV, not only the focus distance but this is expected due to the way the camera is implemented in Vantage.
You could also do the animation in 3ds Max and use Live link or export an animated .vrscene
Tell me if this works for you.

Best regards,
Alexander