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# 1 02-11-2010 , 01:27 PM
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What is the difference between....?

...parenting, and using a 'parent constraint'.

This came to me reading a thread in the wip section the other day... When I go to animate the first part of my planned helicopter animation, im going to have the helicopter on the landing platform, which will rise up, and the camera will follow on along side it, as illustrated in the quick sketch below. I may just hand key everything, but if I set up a connection between the camera and the platform/helicopter so that it followed its movement upwards, what would be the difference between straight parenting, and using a parent constraint??

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