Film Editing...

[9thAFE]

Hey I got a question for all you ah film editors out there. I got a squadie that is trying to make a video right now with some films we have recorded. My question, his question I guess is there a way to set a camera on a particular object other than the plane. If I wanted a shot of the bombs dropping on/in a town how would I set up a camera to lock onto the bombs and follow them down or just a static shot over the town. Any help would be appreciated thank you

[Raphael]

Making the camera travel with the bomb would be a VERY tricky shot to make in the film veiwer, but the second option you put is quite simple:
 go to the time when the boms are falling. press F8 and then use the NumPad and arrows to position the camera to whichever coordinades and angle you want it to be in this shot, in this case overlooking the town I suppose.

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 Then click on Set Up Camera Shots, New Shot.
  Make sure to select World Relative on "Shot type".
   now you can click on "grab all" in both starting and ending camera (which is like before and after) positions.
    on the "ending camera" remember to CHANGE THE DURATION, to whatever you want, if you feel like it will take 30 seconds set it to 30 and so on.

To test the shot you can now click on "play shot". if you feel like it didnt come out well, just click "Go to start" and make the changes you want. you can do it manually using the numpad, arrows and pressing grab all or you can change the numbers in each information box and test at will.

 This should result in a simple static camera that captures during a period of time you set up.

Hope this info helps 

[9thAFE]

Thanks for the reply I will pass it on to my squadie that is making the video see if that works sounds like it is what he wanted