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# 1 05-04-2004 , 11:05 PM

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hi all,

a while a go i downloaded mayaPLE and been busy doing a bunch of tuts. now i feel confident enough to start my i own little project, ahum ... :o
well and euh ... here my first question ...
is it possible to create a camera with perfect orthographic perpesctive and what would be the settings? i would be very happy if someone could give me somekind of answer.

greets see you laters all,

luke

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# 2 06-04-2004 , 01:54 AM

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um... ok... one question... why do you want to make your own camera when you can use the already preset cameras...

and what do you mean by "Orthographic perpesctive"?

-Emo

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# 3 06-04-2004 , 02:22 AM

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hi emo,

thanks for the reply. well ... my english is not very good so i made a little drawing. ortographic perspective is the perspective where the lines stay paralel instead of coming together on one ore more points in the distance.
hope this answers your question (and then maybe mine user added image

would it possible to create a camera like this?

thanks again,

luke

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# 4 06-04-2004 , 11:07 PM

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Tap the space bar.....the are 4 of them user added image

Yeah, but no but yeah but no....

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# 5 06-04-2004 , 11:23 PM

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ok. thanks polygonator user added image

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# 6 07-04-2004 , 08:28 AM

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you can change the settings of your camera to an orthographic projection (in your camera attributes) or just make your FOV really wide that'll do the same thing.

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# 7 07-04-2004 , 08:55 AM

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hey thanks !
i think the ortographic atribute will work the best. now i am using a very heavy zoom with the camera a long distance away.
what FOV is? sorry i dont know, i am new to all this. i will look it up.

tnx again & greets,

luke

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