Blender Camera Follow Path: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Dynamic Shots

Welcome to our Blender Camera Follow Path Tutorial!
In this in-depth video, we unlock the secrets of creating dynamic camera movements in Blender. Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional, this guide is tailored to enhance your 3D modeling skills, particularly focusing on the "Blender Camera Follow Path" technique.
🎥 What You'll Learn:
- Setting Up Your Scene: Learn to set up a simple scene with an animal, lights, and a camera.
- Camera Positioning Tips: Discover how to effectively use the Blender interface to position and view your camera for the best results.
- Making the Camera Track an Object: Step-by-step instructions on adding object constraints to your camera, ensuring it follows your target perfectly.
- Creating and Using Empties: Find out how to create "empties" in Blender to guide your camera's focus with precision.
- Path Creation and Editing: Learn to add and edit paths, an essential skill for intricate camera movements.
- Implementing the Follow Path Constraint: A detailed walkthrough on adding a follow path constraint to your camera for smooth tracking along curves.
- Fine-Tuning Path and Camera Settings: Tips on adjusting path resolution and camera focal length for optimal visual appeal.
👁️ Key Takeaways:
- Get a hands-on understanding of the "Blender Camera Follow Path" technique.
- Enhance your ability to control camera movements for more professional and eye-catching 3D animations.
- Gain insights into troubleshooting common issues and making precise adjustments for perfect camera tracking.
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Highlights:
- Introduction to Blender camera paths.
- Setting up the scene and preparing the camera.
- Detailed steps on making the camera track an object.
- Creating a path for the camera and adjusting its movement.
🚀 *Ready to elevate your Blender skills?* Watch the tutorial now and transform the way you approach 3D modeling and animation! Happy 3D modeling! 🚀
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[@hubertdendraak9313]

Very helpful video that's right on point, no superfluous "jokes", memes or click bait; just a clear explanation. Thank you for this.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@olgayampolskiy7367]

It is the most adequate tut for camera follow path animation. 2 things resolved my issue with this technique thanks to your tutorial: 1. Increasing curve path resolution up to 64 and 2) applying all transform for the camera. Thanks a lot for details!

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped with a camera follow path in Blender, thanks for sharing what worked for you with everyone 👍

[@chichic1992]

This is super helpful. Thank you so much!

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@kk-cv6su]

ahhh super helpful! thank you!

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped with a camera on a path in Blender 👍

[@infinity3568]

Thank you so much !!

[@WhatMakeArt]

Welcome so much👍

[@indulameegoda]

You saved my time. Thank you very much! 😇

[@WhatMakeArt]

Welcome very much 👍

[@berizzle]

Top tier tutorial tbh

[@WhatMakeArt]

👍

[@rafikR85]

wow thank You so much🙏 - this is soo good explained ♥

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it held with cameras in Blender 🎥🌀

[@AllenPaulCarbo]

Bro thanks this has helped me a lot

[@WhatMakeArt]

👍

[@maliksheraz2542]

Very helpful

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@NazwaAnim]

Thanks😉

[@WhatMakeArt]

Welcome 👍

[@felipeaugustosilvabarbosa4803]

very usefull thx

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@kirankumar3114]

Nice video. Very clear and detailed explanation dude. Make videos on creating arrow animations in blender.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped, I'll add it to the list

[@diyvideojunk2066]

The guy has made a very professional tutorial but Blender does seem to make a lot of hard work of it. Quite often I purchase plugins to make these kind of tasks simpler. Life is too short. But well done to the instructor.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, plugins or add-ons for Blender are great. Any blender addons for camera path following in blender that you recommend?

[@026sjors]

I can not figure this out 😢 Mannn i did everthing the camera follows the path perfectly, i insert the keyframes, i move the camera, insert another keyframe with the new position but it just does not follow when i play it back. Please help me out i've been stuck on this for 3 weeks already. great tutorial but it just does not seem to work for me

[@tactilevisions]

You're saying the camera follows the path as it should if you scrub the timeline, but it doesn't if you press play?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Double check to make sure the keyframes are set and have different values, often when I'm in a hurry, I forget to set the keyframe after moving the object to the new position

[@Bishu218]

💖💖💖💖

[@WhatMakeArt]

📷🌀

[@djilaliachour1578]

Helpful tutorial... Big thanks

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@evenflair6453]

When I select the camera and shft+s -> Selection to cursor then my camera jumped very far away from the path. I am using blender 4.0. Any idea?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Double check that the cursor was at the point on the path where the blue arrow points

[@evenflair6453]

@@WhatMakeArt Thanks for the reply. I figured it out later. The problem was my camera object had some location info in it. And when I was adding the camera using shift+s -> Selection to cursor, that location info was being added too. And hence the distance. The solution was to presse alt+G when my camera was selected. It reset all location information. And then the rest worked well.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, if the camera has non zero location information it will be offset, glad you figured it out and thanks for sharing your solution with everyone

[@KDStudiosIndia]

​​@@evenflair6453 bro thank you sooo much 😭 You really helped me alot 🎊

[@portallsproject]

@@evenflair6453 Thank you SO much. You're a legend in writing your solution. You saved us HOURS

[@scottlentzfilm]

Great video. How can you make the camera follow the path in the opposite direction?

[@WhatMakeArt]

To make the camera go in the other direction, reverse the key frame values

[@scottlentzfilm]

@@WhatMakeArt what about if you’re using the animate path function and not keyframes?

[@WhatMakeArt]

To reverse the direction you need to keyframe the valuation time and make it start with negative one and then go to zero instead of from 1 to 0

[@daliaaziz6731]

I did exactly what was said in the video but my camera is not following the path when the video is played (haven’t added a key frame yet) how come it will not follow the path despite having a constraint ?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Was the origin of the camera at the right end of the the path?

[@auliaberliani5073]

hi, i followed your tutorial, but why is my camera is move too far from the area when i clicked on follow path? pls help:(

[@WhatMakeArt]

Make sure the origin of the camera is in the right spot at the start of the path that it needs to follow

[@dreamingofmusicmedia]

my camera wont move when i play with the offset, everything else worked besides the last step for me lol, im using version 4.1.1

[@WhatMakeArt]

Did you make sure that the origin of the camera is at the path? Did you reset transformations if you moved anything?

[@dreamingofmusicmedia]

@@WhatMakeArt OMG I FIGURED IT OUT!! i had to make the camera XYZ locations all to 0 and then the offset started working perfectly! lol rookie mistake but i solved it alone:)

[@bazz9097]

Why follow path target not is shown for me?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Which steps were you able to complete? Did you apply the correct modifier? Are you an edit mode or object mode?

[@bazz9097]

@@WhatMakeArt I fixed bro thanks I used mesh circle instead of curve so only it's not worked

[@WhatMakeArt]

@bazz9097 try converting to a curve or using a curve

[@momo8563]

when i try to put the camera onto the path using shift s my camera is like in the middle of nowhere far away and i cant figure it out

[@WhatMakeArt]

Did you apply all transformations with control C first? Is the origin of the camera at the proper point of path before joining?

[@unrealrdb]

@@WhatMakeArt I'm facing the same problem :/

[@WhatMakeArt]

Post any camera follow path in Blender questions in the comments

[@unknown90000]

please i created backrooms but I don't know how to make my camera move like walking+ i tried the iPhone app called Camtrackar and I didn't like please what's the easiest way

[@devmandora]

my camera not connected with path can help me?? plz

[@devmandora]

and its to far for the path

[@somekspjet]

@@devmandora Reset the location of the camera. Do it by pressing Alt + G (Windows) or Option + G (in Mac or other Apple computers)

[@somekspjet]

@@unknown90000 make a wave-like path it will look like walking

[@WhoKaen]

my camera isnt locking to the path?

[@WhatMakeArt]

What is the camera doing?

[@fladoodel]

Why do they make this so overly complicated.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Animation can be complicated