Where is the pickwhip for 3d camera?

[axh6r]

So I'd been using after effects 2022 dor about 2 years now and had no issues with it. However I decided i wanted to try newer versions of after effects so I installed the 2023 version to see what new features I was missing out on.  Come to find out, one of the most important thing that i use on a daily basis had a key component missing. The 3d Camera was missing the pick whip that I would use to parent it to a null object. Without it, after effects is basically useless to me, I cant work without the 3d camera and a null object. 

I've tried parenting the camera's individual position to the null but the point of interest would'nt be parented to anything so it would just be stuck there. I've also tried using the camera by it self but since I cant seperate the dimensions on the point of interest I could not animate it properly. 

I don't want to go back to the 2022 version as I'd already installed the 2023 versions of every plugin that I need and they all have amazing new effects and features that I want to use, but after effects just isn't usable for me without the camera-null pair. It's just a need for me. Is there a way for me to get the pick whip back? Or should I just revert back to 2022?

[Brian C Carter · Accepted solution]

Hi axh6r

We did not remove the 3D Camera Pickwhip. You posted a screenshot of a different column, as there are now two columns that have pickwhips. This is one of the new features of 2023: Selectable Track Mattes, where you can pickwhip to any other layer to use it as a track matte. 

You can make sure you have the Parent and Link column enabled by right clicking the column headers in the timeline and making sure that Parent and Link is checked. 

[Vaksart]

Had to sign in just to thank you @Brian C Carter ! I was stuck as wel, thanks for the help!

[axh6r]

Thank you so much, Brian. I feel like an idiot. 

[Brian C Carter]

Well, After Effects only had one pickwhip for 29 years and if you didn’t see the announcement that it was getting a second one, you wouldn’t have expected it!