Tutorial: Quick Smooth Camera Movements in Blender

[@Polyfjord]

Hello! To anyone getting stuck in this video in the future, maybe it can help to follow the tutorial in Blender version 2.81 and append the entire scene to a newer version of Blender. I made a tutorial about how to do this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4fQi62Vopd7nJI

[@Edyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyya]

sadly, my 4.x project won't load in 2.81. just keeps on crashing

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

The idea of simulating a cameraman's shadow is exactly the kind of ridiculous and ingenious idea that earns my subscription. You had me laughing, you crazy bastard.

[@thirun4347]

Same. Didn't hit the sub until I saw the tip at the ending.

[@batshapedheart]

amen

[@diegopadovani4942]

Nice video + nice comment, +1 sub too! :D

[@beskamir5977]

One hell of a lazy tip. I love it!

[@Raybo3D]

I will tefinitely use this

[@AlexAugustinex]

In real-world people trying to avoid camera shakes and reflections of camera equipment...while 3D artists are going crazy trying to add imperfections to their artworks to make it feel more real... That last part of the video is just the craziest thing ever. I like it. Haha

[@bhargavpatel_]

You are right, People try to make camera movement noiseless in real world But in the 3d world all people add noise modifier to camera animation..

[@animorhino3795]

Hah true

[@johndaineusaure6520]

So true! :-D Blender Guru summarized this by "In 3D, imperfections is perfection" (heard in Couch Tutorial Series)

[@shivanshsingh8229]

I know a lot of people who add a way to many imperfections in there renders in order to make it look real which turns out ruining a good render. But It is actually important to add some imperfections cause in real-world nothing in super smooth or spotless.

[@johndaineusaure6520]

​@@shivanshsingh8229 👍 Yes. Too much imperfections can ruine the render. I think in most cases, imperfections must be subtle, practically invisible for eyes but visible for brain.

[@dodorondo]

Shortcuts that can help: Left button: Confirm Right button: Cancel "E" button: Up "Q" button: Scroll down "Space" button: Teleports / focuses object "Scroll up or down" button: Speed ​​up or slow down camera "Shift" button: Accelerates the camera while it is pressed "Alt" button: Slows down camera while pressed "G or TAB" button: Activates gravity and deactivates "V" button: "Jump" Thanks for the valuable video and sorry for the bad English.

[@sarthak3320]

Thanks🙂

[@ishantrivedi5588]

Thanks man!

[@ThunderPlayStudios]

surely helped many

[@technicolourmyles]

Bad English? Where? Not only were there no mistakes anywhere, this is formatted perfectly, too!

[@timitimit]

The shortcuts are displayed at the bottom of the Blender window

[@joelmulder]

“Smooth keyframes” is now found under Key>Smooth>Smooth (Gaussian) (although Butterworm Smooth works better), and “Sample Keyframes” is found under Density>Bake Keyframes.

[@mohammedkishore7666]

thanks a loootttt bro

[@unknownguy1177]

Thanks mate🙏

[@jeremiahagala8887]

You are amazing , I was loosing my mind here

[@j0naaas]

THANK YOU! Was looking everywhere :D

[@filmstop7828]

Two years ago I watched this video. It inspired me to start learning blender. I went through blender guru's donut tutorial, and now, two years later I am working on my first paid professional project! Thank you

[@hilarysol23]

That's sooo cool, any advises?😅

[@filmstop7828]

@@hilarysol23 I've got some videos on my channel that should help!

[@ayohbami]

You can use the mouse scroll wheel to increase the speed of the movement when in walk navigation mode. Thought this might help someone.

[@PropellerSteve]

Thanks.

[@adnankhamis8328]

thank you

[@이성은-n1k]

GOD BLESS

[@Touchmylantern]

Thanks!

[@francescoagnelli7413]

YEEEEEES grazie

[@moboxgraphics]

This is amazing. Quick note, make sure you hit "normalize keyframes" so that way you don't accidentally have a stray curve that you missed. My camera was super shakey since those weren't being smoothed.

[@Polyfjord]

Sweet! Have been experiencing the same issue, didn’t know about this! Thanks!!

[@natasha4695]

life saver

[@hazemelody]

@@Polyfjord Then we could say the student has become the teacher.

[@CosmicExplorerX]

@@hazemelody Maybe it has become!

[@paxtongaming9048]

Can you plss explain properly about "normalizing keyframes" , as I didn't get wht u said.....🤔🥺

[@Fitzliputzli23]

Haha, this tip in the very end is just hilarious! Real-life cameraoperators have a hard time figuring out how NOT to be visible in glossy car finish. And CGI-artists FAKE them in! Love it, man!

[@a-python-script]

I think on Blender 4.0 the menu "Key" -> "Sample Keyframes" has moved to "Key" -> "Density" -> "Bake Keyframes".

[@_skrumcious_]

Thanks so much bro i couldnt find shit

[@capyxx04]

This comment should be pinned

[@adamruzzamenti3762]

thank you for your service

[@DaveMate93]

Thanks, man!

[@whosthing42]

Dude this is so helpful thanks!!

[@Diandredofus]

Blender 3.3.1: Holding down Alt+O doesn't spam the action. Workaround is to Alt+O once, then Shift+R to redo the action, and that you can hold down to spam.

[@8wavesmusic]

Thanks this helped a lot!

[@MarvinVoilt]

Thank you! I was really confused

[@rohitsarat168]

thank u

[@FINDROBLOX]

it works but its very slow any way to make it faster?

[@mikescholer1995]

VFX Artists: Here is how you remove the reflection of the cameraman if there is one visible. Iotsalote: Here is how you are able to get a reflection of a cameraman in a virtual environment.

[@IssuesVFX]

the little tutorial at the end lol, great video hope to see more like this in the future.

[@cgboost]

Great tip, thanks for sharing! (Love the little tip at the end :D ).

[@Polyfjord]

Hey thanks man! Keep up the awesome work!

[@testsite9002]

Now you will show this in your channel and make monyy

[@mech_electro]

This person taught the basics of the camera is less than a minute, we need more people like this

[@thanapeiro]

Another cool thing I've found out- Since you have to pause for a second in the beginning of making the movement keyframes to press shift+F, wait maybe a second longer before you start moving. Then move around as normal, but don't stop the recording after the animation ends. Let it loop again, but stop making keyframes right before the first movement keyframe starts. It'll end up being a perfectly looped camera movement after its smoothed out :)

[@Polyfjord]

Fantastic!!!! Will have to try this! Thanks so much!

[@AzadBalabanian]

Hmm, when I'm recording a cam movement and when I "dont stop recording after the animation ends" and the playback loops back to the start, the camera jumps back to its "original position" even though there arent any keyframes at the start of the animation. So how can you continue doing the camera movement through the end of the animation and reconnect at the start?

[@letterborneVods]

I love the ending 😂 “This is really stupid and you probably shouldn’t do it. Thanks for watching!” Thanks for making my day! I’m definitely gonna try this method now.

[@tamilorejoseph4704]

Imma use John cena as the camera man 😂

[@rhuan3d]

this is phenomenal I just got into blender a few months ago and I've always wandered if there was a way to create camera movement without that hassle of creating paths all over. this method is WAY more organic. also you got me with the cameraman thing lol

[@hvanmegen]

Thank you for learning me how to move the camera in a way that makes sense!

[@Polyfjord]

Right?! Other workflows are a bit easier to customize on a later stage though, but I really like this for rapid experimentation!

[@sambhavsongara]

DAMN this man is a legend he is clear and gets STRAIGHT to the point and doesn't waste time and unnecessarily stretch the video forever

[@yashs2756]

You are such a Great Explainer. Instead of watching 20 minutes of a tutorial and trying to keep a mental note of the important stuff, i just watch your videos, you are straight on the point and then the needed explanation no extra bs. Thats a dope skill

[@drinnerd8532]

Dude... HOW do you know all this amazing stuff?! You're like a Blender Alchemist or Worlock or something!! Thanks so much for this!!!

[@Polyfjord]

hey thanks so much!!

[@workoutbro-007]

@@bobmcboblin yeah..

[@jeric_synergy8581]

A Really GOOD memory is a great help.

[@chanruzzi]

Oh come on! And I'm here editing individual curves since EVER! Very simple technique yet one of the most useful tutos I've watched since last year. Thanks for that 😅

[@Vinxi]

This has to be one of the best Blender tutorials on KZbin ever! Bruh the Cameraman at the end!!

[@kamafryerpc]

camera man never dies, even in the scene with an expensive and great looking car

[@Bengo]

This is what i needed! W,A,S,D Moving! Im kinda new to blender, all i have to do,i master this camera movement, animations (already did) but hardest part will be backgrounds and textures

[@ajaxx627]

Pls can you tell me how he did the 360 rotation. I have no mouse tho

[@usmankakka]

@@ajaxx627 😂

[@ajaxx627]

@@usmankakka I figured it out already 😭I’m new to this blender thing 😅

[@tab2022]

@@ajaxx627 how did you do it ???

[@ajaxx627]

@@tab2022 I watched a KZbin video. I don’t know I’m scared of sending the link in comment section I’m scared of getting banned from commenting or something

[@ShutterAuthority]

This is a really awesome technique! Thank you!

[@YourGoodLuck..]

big fan

[@TheRageOfLazz]

"So if you're still here, here's something that is so dumb it might actually work" 😂😂 love your content man keep up the good work

[@chillinator]

Great tip! I've used the Walk Mode for pre-vis, but never final camera animation - kind of one of those "duh" moments for me - lol. A few little additions - that may have been mentioned: Shift+~ (that's a "Tilde" - to the left of the number 1 Key) is the default hotkey for Walk Mode/Fly mode (in 2.8+ anyway). If you want to change the speed of the movement, you can scroll the mouse wheel to speed up/slow down. You can hold Shift to "run" or speed up camera movement momentarily. If you go to Preferences>Navigation>Fly and Walk>Walk there are two settings of interest - Walk Speed (also controlled by the mouse wheel) and Speed Factor - which is how much you will speed up when you hold Shift. Mouse Sensitivity can slow or speed up responsiveness ... but it seems easier to control when it's left at 1.0. Again, great tip - thanks for sharing it :)

[@dymegee]

Wow, Thanks. How can I orbit around an object/scene like he did for the default cube pls?

[@duaaabdullkarim2143]

@@dymegee i have the same question :(

[@dymegee]

@@duaaabdullkarim2143 Yeah, I figured it out. Use WASD keys where applicable while you pan/move your mouse simultaneously to acheive the orbit. Basically, mouse panning is needed. Hope this helps.

[@duaaabdullkarim2143]

@@dymegee thank you soooooo mush

[@IndustrialTelegenics]

Awesome! My day off today. I decided to spend it learning cameras in Blender and After Effects. Well, this saved my allot of time!!!

[@Polyfjord]

That warms my heart my friend!! Thank you for watching!

[@greggillespie4943]

Love the speed of your tutorials, no fluff - great pace, good humour and lovely imagery. Thanks!

[@cosmo4251]

This is an impatient designer's dream-workflow. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@marcniggel5474]

Great tuto ! I decreased the frame rate to 5 FPS during the real time movement, it helped me to have enough time to move my camera in a quiet way !

[@Polyfjord]

Not bad!! Will try it!

[@AliRo]

@@Polyfjord guys why dosent the keypoints show when i record it ?

[@JVP_thephobic]

@@AliRo Make sure the camera is selected/highlighted in the viewport. (Super late but this is for others those who come across this issue.)

[@AliRo]

@@JVP_thephobic I hope you don't delete this comment

[@AliRo]

@@JVP_thephobic uh where is the viewport I'm kinda new I hope you little detailed about explaining

[@klaatu-barada-nikto]

This is one of the top 10 tip tuts for blender ever. THANK YOU! The Dart Vader animation is mindblowing. I wish it was longer. Do more of it!

[@maybehiyt3495]

I don't even have blender but i love watching these

[@sonioswal2864]

The relief I felt while watching this video is unquantifiable. I love you. I really do.

[@baorichard4345]

8:45 I am waiting for explosion!!

[@Autobahn369]

Me too😂

[@masterdementer]

EXPLOSIONN!!

[@dommafia]

Hahaha this is all I could think about watching that. I was blueballed so bad 😫

[@Ricoxemani]

Rip lars homestead

[@MrSaemichlaus]

Yeah that was a real cliffhanger

[@RSpudieD]

I had no idea this was even possible and now I'm so in awe of it's simplicity! Thanks for sharing!

[@RxphLMF]

I remember when I had to make path lmaoo

[@Polyfjord]

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering when the curve path gets messed up and needs constant fixing. Then 8:17 happens!

[@RxphLMF]

@@Polyfjord lmaooo

[@RSpudieD]

OMG me too! I HATED That!!

[@RxphLMF]

@@RSpudieD yea, tutorials were fricking impossible

[@discreet_boson]

@@Polyfjord Any star wars fans here? Hello there

[@ZettXXII]

I tought about the part you discuss in the very end throughout the video and seeing you come back to it almost killed me. Thanks, your approach to blender is admirable.

[@davidvanoostende]

Probably my favorite Blender tutorial of all time.

[@bashinspace]

You're so amazing for sharing this clever method for free. Also the star wars scene is insane. Thank you!

[@tupacfilms]

most wanted tuts really helpful. The extra tip fires it up to the next level. Thanks. All your renders were on point.

[@nokompromis2297]

Quick tip: use Shift + ~ to enter Walk Mode, and do not assign the old one. There were changes in newer versions, so, Shift + F doesn't have this value no more.

[@battlexroyale4278]

✌️👌

[@FamilieNetra]

You're the master! For 3 years, It's always been a benefit for all people.

[@QuinnFilmsBTS]

This was I think the BEST blender tutorial I'v ever watched Thanks so Much

[@kendarr]

I played games my whole life, doing this is second nature xD

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

Wow. Great job. You really Impressed me, even though I use 3ds Max. Keep staying creative.

[@zachall9539]

If you're not seeing keyframes on your graph editor: go up to filters (little square on the top right corner of the graph editor window) and deselect "only show selected"

[@andrew-anger]

I LOVE YOU!!! Thank you so much. After 4 years there isn't a video like this.

[@tyvivid616]

Those shortcuts for navigation had helped me so much over the years THANKS !

[@dymegee]

For those asking about how he orbited around the default cube at 2:30 Just hold either the A or D key while slightly moving your mouse simultaneously. You’ll get your 360 degrees rotation.

[@lucdavids7541]

My camera still won't budge in any rotating around the object. It's just stuck in that one starting point. Also, the rotation values turn orange in the transform panel. Do you know what could be the issue?

[@osundimusic]

THANK YOU 🔥🔥🔥

[@PhaseRunner]

Great tutorial, thanks👍👊

[@shnbwmn]

"So this is really stupid, and you probably shouldn't do it." Words to live by.

[@Citsiano]

Honestly i think this is the best video out there for learning camera movement in blender

[@radelvishnevski9745]

Dude! You just made me feel less lonely in this world. I thought I was one of the rare species that uses After Effects for everything picture related. I feel the kindred spirit between us.

[@GlebAlexandrov]

Amazing!

[@gamerartistnarvel6615]

it has been a while since you uploaded anything about lighting or blender :( .. cooooome ooooon

[@realomegamodern]

why are you not verified?

[@Mythmaker_theAnimator]

The finale bit cam guy bit made me LAUGH SO HARD! Thanks man, this is how you do anim tuts! SUB!

[@guwanidumunasinghe4448]

You are the smartest man I've seen in a long time. These tips and tricks are 🤯!!! Can't believe why u don't have more subscribers.

[@punkeasy]

Truly a god amongst your pixels.

[@JalesRosa]

maybe u should use decimente keyframes in the end to make them easy to adjust if you need,

[@GUMMY_MKII]

I will :)

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Yeah i had same idea, it also smooths it also the other smooth operation works nice

[@pavanbhadaja8859]

You could also use the simplify add-on

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@pavanbhadaja8859 What they made an addon for implying key-frames? I think i heard of tit not sure

[@nubbyx8096]

Your mouse probably hate you after this.

[@kirkanos771]

88 for an Audi is perfectly normal (thinking about their logo).

[@II-er7gj]

That Fish-machine at 9:00 are the coolest genius thing I have seen so far! LOL :D Very beutiful!

[@nasreenazam3210]

I have search out almost KZbin for camera tutorial ...but u seriously have very great work and clear video ... Earn a subscriber 🎉

[@Clashtoons]

The video i was searching yesterday. Law of attraction .

[@rr.studios]

Coincidence

[@Max-zi5wx]

Or just algorithm

[@rr.studios]

@@Max-zi5wx That makes more sense...

[@srivaibhavikudaravalli3150]

For someone who's using the latest version of "Blender 3.0" and finding it difficult to relate with the Hotkeys W/Up ---- Move forward. S/Down----- Move backward. A/Left ------ Strafe left. D/Right ------ Strafe right. E ----- Move up - only available if Gravity off. Q ------ Move down - only available if Gravity off. Spacebar ----- Teleport location at the cross-hair (offset by the Camera Height value set in the Preferences). WheelUp/NumpadPlus ------ Increase the movement speed for this open session. WheelDown/NumpadMinus ------- Decrease the movement speed for this open session. Shift ------- Speed up the movement temporarily. Alt ------ Slow down the movement temporarily. V ----- Jump - only available if Gravity is on. Tab ------ Toggle Gravity.

[@bukachell]

The walk navigation got ruined in the later versions :(

[@grardo]

That last detail is... EPIC, I've never thought about that

[@pariskumar5605]

The way u talk is exactly how my brain gets information 10/10 tutorial

[@randomstuffunderatable.8121]

Thanks for the tutorial, only things is that my camera isn't getting any keyframes. This means that I will not see anything in the graph editor. Can you please help?

[@mariadyshkant]

same here, did you find a solution eventually?

[@farhanfateifaheem9887]

I'm facing the same issue

[@farhanfateifaheem9887]

@@mariadyshkant btw i've figured it out. Make sure you've enabled Auto Keying

[@derarri891]

make sure your camera is selected

[@garrettgeorge4347]

When I press square my camera zooms in. Also, my graph editor is not showing keyframes.

[@sunburnfm]

I had the same problem with the keyframes. Here's what I learned. While in camera view, you need to click the outline of the frame. It will turn yellow. Then you'll see the keyframes. This tutorial is not entirely for beginners. I don't know what you mean by "pressing square" so I can't help you there.

[@malte6824]

@@sunburnfm thanks a lot ! that was my mistake too

[@aswin.s.r]

@@sunburnfm still not working bro😥

[@LondonUnderground1863]

Can someone help me do this in Blender 4.1? How do i do this?

[@macdemarcoradio]

one of the best blender tutorial I've ever watched, very impressive !

[@virgilpillay]

My mind is officially blown. I can get over how simple you've made this

[@ramivideos167]

lotsalote Hi friend! I'm sure you have the solution for my issue : I trying many times to figure how to rotate around object in fly/walk mode (on the Z axis)! like you did while you go with the camera around the car. I press all the possible keys. please help me with that. thank you!

[@mayteexxis]

what he did was strafe around the object while smoothly moving the mouse to focus on the object.

[@duaaabdullkarim2143]

i have the same problem

[@afusdev]

it may be because im using a newer version of blender and that im new, BUT, when i record the camera movement it dosent create keyframes. It just makes the animation and i therefore cant smoothe it OR delete the movement. As i said im new to blender, so its probably just me being a dumbass, but if you know the solution please let me know

[@7r380r]

did you figure it out? Same exact thing is happening to me right now :,(

[@mulanmiller5000]

Man this is just excellent. I was trying to achieve this first person look with "follow path" and "track to" contraints but it's so tedious and never looked natural. This method is the way to go

[@kunalstube]

This process was game changing for me. Thank you so much. I love your creations.

[@yonamiti9743]

you have simplified the complicated things i learnt from other tutorial thumbs up

[@nckgfx7953]

I literally don’t do 3D stuff but I love watching your videos, the way to teach doesn’t bores me at all and it’s really entertaining. Good stuff my guy!

[@BrentBaldwinFutures]

I’m starting to get into blender studying and learning the basics. You’re a great teacher man 🤙🏼🎬🔥 everyone else goes at max speed and I can’t even keep up. Thanks again man !

[@bige809]

Dude. Not gunna lie, you just changed my life! Thank you!

[@richardxs]

This probably one of the best tips I've ever seen

[@thehamburgergod5543]

Best tutorial on this planet!

[@animaltvstories5165]

i just got into blender 2 days ago and the level of animation you guys do is just incredible i wonder why animation studios throw millions of dollars in movies when you can make ultra quality animations at home im already learning a lot in just a couple of days

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

Movie quality is certainly possible in Blender but it is a lot of work and the render times on most home users' computers would be measured in months for some kinds of shot.

[@mahmoud_ali_963]

The best channel to learn blender in the world

[@brabrabarabra5027]

Came back after years just to comment on what a killer tip this was. You can use this method with other animation techniques if you use bake action first. This made blender from my least favorite tool to animate cameras to my most favorite. Made it effortless and the shots so smooth.

[@Polyfjord]

Niiiice!!! I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!

[@frewps2]

AMAZING! Even in 2024, I'm a designer mainly illustrator and photoshop - but im learning blender for basic animation, this helped out so much! Thanks man

[@lucachacha71]

now you since 20 minutes but I can tell your one off the best blender youtuber

[@dloading9525]

"this is stupid" NO, I'M TELLING YOU THE END IS THE MOST GENIUS IDEA I'VE HEARD IN YEARS!!!

[@mattemonster8]

so far the best tutorial for blender that I found! 10 mins full of transported information! great joB!

[@Duff8Ka]

This is one of the best Blender videos I´ve ever seen. Thank you

[@moonpowerofficial]

For some reason, I just absolutely loved this tutorial!!!!

[@Anomaliayt]

omg i was thinking about the reflections of an operator and then you add it in the end. Genius!

[@hyp3r_unii]

DUDE !!!!!!!! U DESERVE AN OSCAR HOLY DANG !

[@g_niac]

this is like manna from heaven thank you so much! such a time saver and relief for my adhd!! lots of aha moments happening rn. blender is so cool!! agh!

[@hevelgate2389]

I wasn't expecting the last tip, but it's actually brilliant!!!

[@aayushjaiswar5488]

The bonus was next level! I will definitely try it. 😊

[@galang_alien]

The last part wasnt stupid at all, its a mad genius idea!