Camera tab

Options on the Camera tab affect the Cameras in your file.

Camera 

• Camera: Select a camera from the drop-down list to change the point of view.

Notes:

• To display the original point of view and remove any previous association with a camera, select World camera, right-click on the Shaded view and click Reset Camera from the menu that appears.
• Reset Camera menu applies only if World is the selected Camera. Reset Camera menu is greyed and unavailable if a drawn camera is selected as the current camera.
• You can also control the camera view point with the Camera toolbar. For information on using the Camera toolbar, see Using the camera toolbar.
• Pan tool moves objects: Select this checkbox if you want to rotate the model on the target. Clear this checkbox if you want the pan tool to rotate the camera around the target. You can use the right, left, up, and down arrow keys in addition to the mouse button to pan to the desired location.

Camera Path

• Follow Camera Path playback: Select this checkbox if you want to lock the Shaded view to the Camera Path’s camera view whenever the Camera Path is playing.

Fixture FOV

• Display Information of Selected Fixture: Select this checkbox to display information about the selected fixture at the bottom of the view.

This option becomes active when the Camera drop-down list is set to POV of selected fixture, and only works if one fixture is selected. (When multiple fixtures are selected, the camera reverts to its previous camera setting and no fixture information displays).

Camera Target

• Display Target: Select this checkbox to show the focus point of the selected camera in the Shaded view. Choose the color of the displayed target by clicking the Color box, and then selecting the color from the resulting palette. The target is only visible in Shaded view.
• Infinite Lines: Select this checkbox to show the camera target lines of the selected camera in the Shaded view, extending the camera target lines to infinity.

Letter/Pillar Box

• Color: Select from the Color box the color for the letter or pillar box that will be displayed to indicate the viewing definition boundaries.

Camera Model

• Display Model: Select this checkbox to show drawn camera objects in Shaded view. A camera object that is selected in Wireframe view will also display the outline frame of its POV in Shaded view.
• Display Tooltips: Select this checkbox to show the camera name and camera information when you hover over the camera in Shaded view.

You must select the Camera Information checkbox on the Simulation Information section on the General tab of the View Options window to show camera information in Shaded view.

Note: The camera object and camera information also appear in virtual reality mode to help you identify the camera position, viewing angle, and other information.