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Scripting a Tracking Camera

Scripting a Tracking Camera

0:00 with Nick Pettit

A tracking camera will be able to oscillate along the X, Y, and Z axes. If you're familiar with video or film camera movements, this will allow the camera to pedestal, truck, and dolly.

Unity Documentation

  • Transform.localPosition - The localPosition variable on the Transform class is the position of a transform relative to the parent transform.
  • Mathf.Sin - The Sin() method on the Mathf returns the sine of an angle in radians.

Resources

  • Cameras in Unity - Project Files - This is a zip file that contains the Unity project for this course. Download the file, unzip it, and then in your file browser (Finder on OS X and Exporer on Windows) navigate to Cameras in Unity > Assets > _Scenes. Finally, choose the scene you'd like to open.

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