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Participant
September 27, 2018
Question

Resetting the orbit camera position to its default view

  • September 27, 2018
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It's crazy how many people have asked this question and all the replies are that "the question makes no sense" I'm almost having a breakdown how it's such a simple question and no one seems to answer it.

Let me go step by step so people don't give me the same answer and this can finally be resolved.

Step 1: Select the orbit camera tool.

Step 2: Move it around to see what my image looks like.

Step 3: This is where i am having the issue. All i want to know is how to position the camera to the original front position as it was before I even played with the camera view. That's it... just want to know how to reposition the camera to the default position like i never touched the orbit camera tool. Please someone tell me they have the answer to this!

9 replies

Participant
April 11, 2025

I ran into this as well using the orbit scene tool. if you do not want to create a camera you can find the reset here(under camera view tab) in the comp panel. 

Inspiring
September 13, 2024

Select your camera Layer and Drop down the options. Within Transform, click blue "Reset" button.

Participant
February 16, 2024

you can reset the default camera from the viewport camera settings

Participant
February 28, 2022

View>Reset Camera View if you aren't using a camera and are using the Orbit Around Cursor tool. Perhaps you're using the word "camera" and not "view" and that's what's causing the confusion?

Participant
January 30, 2022

this is ridiculous no one do not teach that someone needs to know. oky first right click on your camera layer then click camera reset camera. that will do 

 

Participant
September 19, 2022

See answer above... the issue is how to reset the 'camera' when there is no actual camera layer – sometimes you just want a pre-comp containing 3d elements and no camera layer 👍. If you use the orbit tool in a comp with no camera layer it still adjusts the 3d view of the scene. If you got to 'view -> reset 3D view' it fixes the issue. 

Participant
April 14, 2021

You don't need to have a camera layer to use the Orbit tool. Hit "Reset 3D view" in the View menu. 

 

chalesv
Participant
July 30, 2021

Thank you so much bro!!!

 

P.M.B
Legend
September 28, 2018

I find it hard to believe this simple question has never been answered or understood.

I even find it a tiny nit surprising that it even gets asked because twirl open the camera options there's a bright blue word that says "reset"

Also as is the case with any property in After Effects you can right click and choose reset.  That way if you wanted to reset only some properties but not all you easily could.

This is fairly basic stuff.

And also even a cursory skimming of the Camera settings in the help would've give the answer to those who failed to notice the bright blue button.

~Gutterfish
Roland Kahlenberg
Legend
September 28, 2018

Have you tried the "Reset" option in the Timeline?

You can create a shortcut to this reset feature in the Keyboards Shortcuts Visualizer - I've set mine to SHIFT+Z.

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Inspiring
March 17, 2021

yes, it works. Thks!

Roei Tzoref
Legend
September 28, 2018

I don’t see any answers here, did you post this in another thread? If you want to reset your camera simply press UU

so you collapse the modified properties and right click on them ->reset on the properties. This is if you are in active camera view. If you want to reset any other view it’s in the view->reset 3d view.

Roland Kahlenberg
Legend
September 28, 2018

Great timing Roei! ;-)

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P.M.B
Legend
September 28, 2018

It was race to state the obvious...:)

And to boot we all understood the question

~Gutterfish