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Scott.C.
Inspiring
November 24, 2020
Question

New Camera Dolly Tool is Frustrating

  • November 24, 2020
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Long time AE user here. 

 

I like that we are finally seeing some TLC to the 3D side of AE but I'm not loving the new unified camera tool. 

 

Previously the dolly tool was used to push straight in and out of a scene, in the direction the camera was pointing (you know like on tracks) now it picks a point under your cursor to "dolly to" instead of just moving in the direction the camera is pointing. 

 

I suppose the new dolly behavior might be useful in some instances its very frustrating when you just want to change the "z axis" number of your camera and not have it also be changing the X and Y keyframes at the same time. 

 

Is there a modifyer key or something I'm missing to bring back the old camera dolly behavior of just moving the Z number? 9 times out of 10 thats all I'm wanting from the camera dolly tool. 

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    Rick GerardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 28, 2021

    There are some options in Preferences/3D that can help. Once you get used to the tool it is extremely useful. Pressing the C key a number of times still cycles through the camera tools and you now have more options in the toolbar to control what does what. Explanations and even a short tutorial are available if you look for the new feature notes.

    dehannb
    dehannb
    Participant
    January 29, 2021

    same issue here, really frustrating

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      facecaptain
      Participant
      July 27, 2021

      Same here, not enjoying the new tools and it feels clumsy to have to use the Z attribute to only move on Z. Can we please get the old tool back along side the new ones? 

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        RobShultzCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 24, 2020

        Maybe try going to the top of the interface layer/transform/auto orient and choose off.

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        Scott.C.Author
        Inspiring
        November 25, 2020

        I'm not sure what you mean by this. The workaround now is to just manually slide the Z position on the camera's z position keyframe but the new update basically made the camera tool usless for me. 

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