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Switching Cameras in an Animation in 3ds Max

Posted: Oct 19, 2009
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Here is new set of videos covering different techniques to switch cameras in an animation in 3ds max. Either it's for a pre-viz project or a visualization walkthrough from multiple points of view, you'll see how to create a camera switch to cut from one camera to another in a single animation.

In this first video, you'll see how to use the batch render tool to sequence multiple cameras one after the other to produce a single animation sequence.

Here, you will see how to create a camera switch with a camera that links to all the cameras in the scene. It's a quick setup but it has some limitations.

In this video, you'll discover a very flexible technique to switch cameras that allows moving keyframes to change the timing of shots and that takes into account the FOV of the scenes camera.

Since the previous technique is very useful but can take time to setup, i wrote a small max script that sets it up for a scene. The script can be found here:

userdata/fckdata/4952/CameraSwitcherV2.rar (updated on October 21st 2009).

And this video explains how to use the script and how to set it up.

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	Posted by mmansour26 on Dec 23, 2011 at 11:42 PM
Dear louis , I have also an important ques. ........... if I made let's say 4 Cameras , cam 1 ( start at 0 ,and end at 150) , cam 2 ( start at 151 ,and end at 250) , cam 3 ( start at 251 ,and end at 350)... etc Does your Techniques works with me , OR i have to made each Camera animation in the whole of the Time Line ( from 0 to 350) .. for example

	Posted by mmansour26 on Dec 23, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Dear Louis , first o all we need the project scene to follow up with you , and second we need to know if the script you put here is working for all versions o Max ----- specially --- 2011 please answer soon

	Posted by adel adili on Dec 17, 2011 at 06:28 AM
Dear Louis , Why in the solutions you have used everything except the video post because it can be one of the best ways for camera Switching Besides; it can have dissolve effect . Video post is ignored these days . Tanx :)

	Posted by stickske on Nov 03, 2011 at 02:47 AM
Thanks a lot. After searching a while for a good camera editing tool in max. This is the best one. Does somebody know how to show the video post result in a viewport without rendering it out first ? I like the idea of visual editing with the video post sliders. But can't find a way to show the result :-(

	Posted by mhouse777 on Nov 01, 2011 at 09:27 PM
Hi, I keep getting the error , "batch render not found" when I run the Camera switcher.bat. I have the .bat file in the installation directory - still won't work....any help would be appreciated.