Blender Camera Follow Path: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Dynamic Shots

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @hubertdendraak9313
    @hubertdendraak9313 8 месяцев назад +16

    Very helpful video that's right on point, no superfluous "jokes", memes or click bait; just a clear explanation. Thank you for this.

  • @josephvanwyk2088
    @josephvanwyk2088 2 дня назад +1

    Great tutorial - very clear communication - something others fail so badly at.

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  2 дня назад +1

      Thanks, glad it helped 🐆🐆🐆🦖

  • @tanujamahadevan5208
    @tanujamahadevan5208 Месяц назад +3

    You singularly helped me and my friend at 3 am in the morning when we were freaking out about our exam the next day. THANK YOU SO MUCH

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  Месяц назад

      Glad it helped, hope the exam went well 👍

    • @You_are_sus_so_I
      @You_are_sus_so_I 21 день назад

      woah, what kinda degree or course u r taking for u to have a blender exam fam

  • @MeshMenagerie
    @MeshMenagerie 6 месяцев назад +2

    It is the most adequate tut for camera follow path animation. 2 things resolved my issue with this technique thanks to your tutorial: 1. Increasing curve path resolution up to 64 and 2) applying all transform for the camera. Thanks a lot for details!

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  6 месяцев назад

      Glad it helped with a camera follow path in Blender, thanks for sharing what worked for you with everyone 👍

  • @yj4182
    @yj4182 4 месяца назад +1

    Clear explanation, love that, its pretty easy to follow up with your words. Thanks !

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  4 месяца назад

      Glad it was helpful! Happy 3D Modeling!

  • @026sjors
    @026sjors 9 месяцев назад +11

    I can not figure this out 😢 Mannn i did everthing the camera follows the path perfectly, i insert the keyframes, i move the camera, insert another keyframe with the new position but it just does not follow when i play it back. Please help me out i've been stuck on this for 3 weeks already. great tutorial but it just does not seem to work for me

    • @tactilevisions
      @tactilevisions 6 месяцев назад +1

      You're saying the camera follows the path as it should if you scrub the timeline, but it doesn't if you press play?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  6 месяцев назад +1

      Double check to make sure the keyframes are set and have different values, often when I'm in a hurry, I forget to set the keyframe after moving the object to the new position

    • @Crux161
      @Crux161 4 месяца назад +1

      It can be really challenging - I managed to make this work but I had to do some things differently.
      I’m just starting out with blender too so it’s a bit overwhelming. The path acts as a “track” to guide the object but you still have to place the start and end frames on the timeline.
      Add the path, select the object to move on that path and apply the constraint “follow path”.
      Configure the follow path constraint to use that path (it should be named something unique like “main-camera-path”).
      Then! 😑 then move the timeline playhead (the blue line thing that shows you what frame your on) and select the start frame (like frame 0).
      Then on the constraint select the values for the starting position (depending on the path you will need to play with these values to find one that looks right).
      With the starting position good then you click that button to the right of the field to apply the animation to the timeline. It’s easy to miss because it’s like a tiny dot or diamond shape next to the fields on the constraint tab. This step applies the Start keyframe.
      Then!! 😣 then, select the End frame and again find a good Ending value for the animation (where you want the object to stop at). Apply the end keyframe animation the same way you didn’t for the start position.
      Now lastly with that in place you should be able to preview the animation as it should render. Then make sure to set your render settings (the panel that looks like a printer)
      And if you want a video select FFmpeg. Make sure to change the encoder settings below that because it defaults to matroska video format. Most people will want to use mp4 with h264.
      Hope this helps!

  • @obba_kannadiga
    @obba_kannadiga 2 месяца назад +1

    thanks for this video. Straight to the point. Exactly what I was looking for.

  • @Crux161
    @Crux161 4 месяца назад +1

    This video was a lifesaver. I added a single path going up (z position increasing) at the end and got the camera to rise as it follow the circular path around the center object.
    If the camera follows the center object and the center object moves (with another follow path constraint) then the camera goes with it 😜 very useful even if making a circular path is kinda difficult for me atm

  • @IndulaMeegodaAssociates
    @IndulaMeegodaAssociates 8 месяцев назад +2

    You saved my time. Thank you very much! 😇

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  8 месяцев назад

      Welcome very much 👍

  • @evenflair6453
    @evenflair6453 11 месяцев назад +7

    When I select the camera and shft+s -> Selection to cursor then my camera jumped very far away from the path. I am using blender 4.0. Any idea?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  11 месяцев назад

      Double check that the cursor was at the point on the path where the blue arrow points

    • @evenflair6453
      @evenflair6453 11 месяцев назад +30

      @@WhatMakeArt Thanks for the reply. I figured it out later. The problem was my camera object had some location info in it. And when I was adding the camera using shift+s -> Selection to cursor, that location info was being added too. And hence the distance. The solution was to presse alt+G when my camera was selected. It reset all location information. And then the rest worked well.

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  11 месяцев назад +4

      Yes, if the camera has non zero location information it will be offset, glad you figured it out and thanks for sharing your solution with everyone

    • @KDStudiosIndia
      @KDStudiosIndia 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@evenflair6453 bro thank you sooo much 😭
      You really helped me alot 🎊

    • @portallsproject
      @portallsproject 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@evenflair6453 Thank you SO much. You're a legend in writing your solution. You saved us HOURS

  • @TysonBrazilleYHWH
    @TysonBrazilleYHWH 4 месяца назад +1

    Needed this refresher, great job explaining this 💯😎

  • @kirankumar3114
    @kirankumar3114 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nice video. Very clear and detailed explanation dude. Make videos on creating arrow animations in blender.

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  9 месяцев назад

      Glad it helped, I'll add it to the list

  • @PandaManiacLP
    @PandaManiacLP 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for making this video!

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  2 месяца назад

      Happy 3D Modeling and animating 🎥

  • @berizzle
    @berizzle 11 месяцев назад +2

    Top tier tutorial tbh

  • @scottlentzfilm
    @scottlentzfilm 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great video. How can you make the camera follow the path in the opposite direction?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  9 месяцев назад

      To make the camera go in the other direction, reverse the key frame values

    • @scottlentzfilm
      @scottlentzfilm 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@WhatMakeArt what about if you’re using the animate path function and not keyframes?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  9 месяцев назад

      To reverse the direction you need to keyframe the valuation time and make it start with negative one and then go to zero instead of from 1 to 0

  • @christinakonstantinidou444
    @christinakonstantinidou444 4 месяца назад +1

    This is amazing! You helped me so much!!!! 🤩🙏

  • @WhatMakeArt
    @WhatMakeArt  Год назад +4

    Post any camera follow path in Blender questions in the comments

    • @unknown90000
      @unknown90000 10 месяцев назад

      please i created backrooms but I don't know how to make my camera move like walking+ i tried the iPhone app called Camtrackar and I didn't like please what's the easiest way

    • @devmandora
      @devmandora 10 месяцев назад +1

      my camera not connected with path can help me?? plz

    • @devmandora
      @devmandora 10 месяцев назад +1

      and its to far for the path

    • @somekspjet
      @somekspjet 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@devmandora Reset the location of the camera. Do it by pressing Alt + G (Windows) or Option + G (in Mac or other Apple computers)

    • @somekspjet
      @somekspjet 8 месяцев назад

      @@unknown90000 make a wave-like path it will look like walking

  • @chi-h-huynh
    @chi-h-huynh Год назад +2

    This is super helpful. Thank you so much!

  • @franco6445
    @franco6445 Месяц назад +1

    can you show how to export this camera move out? I have a camera move along a path also using a target to track my hero object, but i cant seem to bake the animation out whilst keeping both the path and target info animation intact ?
    all im getting in the bake is the transforms associated to with the targets key frames, losing all of the path animation
    any ideas would be great? thanks

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  Месяц назад

      Make sure that is the active camera object so that's the camera object that renders

    • @franco6445
      @franco6445 Месяц назад

      I need to export the camera with the animation into unreal

  • @snek9047
    @snek9047 3 дня назад +1

    right from the start of the video, when i try to move around the camera and see how it looks like on the left side, it moves the entire asset/scene instead of the the camera only. idk how to fix this since i tried to clear parent incase yet it still does this.

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  3 дня назад

      Make sure you've applied transformations or have your origins in the right spot, usually best to try in a new file to try to eliminate possible variables

  • @Pinkode
    @Pinkode 4 месяца назад +1

    You earned yourself a subscriber

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  4 месяца назад

      Thanks, glad it helped 👍📷

  • @amirhadipour5468
    @amirhadipour5468 3 месяца назад +1

    Really helpful. Thanks a lot 💚.

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  3 месяца назад

      Go go camera path following in Blender 📷🌀

  • @daliaaziz6731
    @daliaaziz6731 9 месяцев назад +2

    I did exactly what was said in the video but my camera is not following the path when the video is played (haven’t added a key frame yet) how come it will not follow the path despite having a constraint ?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  9 месяцев назад

      Was the origin of the camera at the right end of the the path?

  • @rafikR85
    @rafikR85 7 месяцев назад +1

    wow thank You so much🙏 - this is soo good explained ♥

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Glad it held with cameras in Blender 🎥🌀

  • @moviesexe1684
    @moviesexe1684 13 дней назад

    I have a pipe, water is flowing inside. I want to show the pipe for 2 seconds and after that I want to show the water by making the pipe half transparent. Camera will also focus on the water path. How do I make this???

  • @Ryft787
    @Ryft787 Месяц назад +1

    Hello, when I click "selected to cursor" the camera ends up far away from the cursor. how can I fix this?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  Месяц назад

      Make sure the origin is in the right spot

  • @kk-cv6su
    @kk-cv6su 9 месяцев назад +1

    ahhh super helpful! thank you!

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  9 месяцев назад

      Glad it helped with a camera on a path in Blender 👍

  • @AllenPaulCarbo
    @AllenPaulCarbo 7 месяцев назад +2

    Bro thanks this has helped me a lot

  • @auliaberliani5073
    @auliaberliani5073 6 месяцев назад +1

    hi, i followed your tutorial, but why is my camera is move too far from the area when i clicked on follow path? pls help:(

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  6 месяцев назад

      Make sure the origin of the camera is in the right spot at the start of the path that it needs to follow

  • @davsyl94
    @davsyl94 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @amitanshu
    @amitanshu 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very Helpful...Thanks...

  • @momo8563
    @momo8563 7 месяцев назад +1

    when i try to put the camera onto the path using shift s my camera is like in the middle of nowhere far away and i cant figure it out

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  7 месяцев назад

      Did you apply all transformations with control C first? Is the origin of the camera at the proper point of path before joining?

    • @unrealrdb
      @unrealrdb 6 месяцев назад

      @@WhatMakeArt I'm facing the same problem :/

  • @陳萱-y2n
    @陳萱-y2n Месяц назад +1

    where can you have the model of the animal

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  Месяц назад +1

      It was a photogrammetry scan of a stuffed animal

  • @BillyJackman3D
    @BillyJackman3D 3 месяца назад +1

    perfect thank you

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  3 месяца назад

      Welcome, glad it helped 👍🌀📷

  • @dreamingofmusicmedia
    @dreamingofmusicmedia 5 месяцев назад +1

    my camera wont move when i play with the offset, everything else worked besides the last step for me lol, im using version 4.1.1

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  5 месяцев назад

      Did you make sure that the origin of the camera is at the path? Did you reset transformations if you moved anything?

    • @dreamingofmusicmedia
      @dreamingofmusicmedia 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@WhatMakeArt OMG I FIGURED IT OUT!! i had to make the camera XYZ locations all to 0 and then the offset started working perfectly! lol rookie mistake but i solved it alone:)

    • @zombiebobo
      @zombiebobo 5 месяцев назад

      @@dreamingofmusicmedia Thank you :)

  • @bazz9097
    @bazz9097 6 месяцев назад +2

    Why follow path target not is shown for me?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  6 месяцев назад +1

      Which steps were you able to complete? Did you apply the correct modifier? Are you an edit mode or object mode?

    • @bazz9097
      @bazz9097 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@WhatMakeArt I fixed bro thanks
      I used mesh circle instead of curve so only it's not worked

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  6 месяцев назад

      @bazz9097 try converting to a curve or using a curve

  • @MandelaMandela-k3d
    @MandelaMandela-k3d Месяц назад +1

    clear & easy to understand 10Q

  • @infinity3568
    @infinity3568 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much !!

  • @WhoKaen
    @WhoKaen 10 месяцев назад +1

    my camera isnt locking to the path?

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  10 месяцев назад

      What is the camera doing?

  • @AlitaaAnim
    @AlitaaAnim 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks😉

  • @sdfsdfssdfsdf-v3g
    @sdfsdfssdfsdf-v3g 2 месяца назад +1

    there is no way to rotate the camera . help

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  2 месяца назад

      Which part? You can keyframe the focus point

  • @felipeaugustosilvabarbosa4803
    @felipeaugustosilvabarbosa4803 8 месяцев назад +1

    very usefull thx

  • @djilaliachour1578
    @djilaliachour1578 8 месяцев назад

    Helpful tutorial... Big thanks

  • @maliksheraz2542
    @maliksheraz2542 Год назад

    Very helpful

  • @welldoneprod
    @welldoneprod 3 месяца назад +1

    MERCI ;)

  • @Bishu218
    @Bishu218 10 месяцев назад +1

    💖💖💖💖

  • @blender_unleashed
    @blender_unleashed 5 месяцев назад +1

    Why do they make this so overly complicated.

    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  5 месяцев назад

      Animation can be complicated

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    @amradel3715 Месяц назад +1

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    • @WhatMakeArt
      @WhatMakeArt  Месяц назад

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