Is there a quick/easy way to do this in Moray?  The camera
position-reference only does absolute relative to the object
in question without rotating the object to line up with the
camera...

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Tim Cook
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Hi Timothy R. Cook, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> Is there a quick/easy way to do this in Moray?  The camera
> position-reference only does absolute relative to the object
> in question without rotating the object to line up with the
> camera...
I have no idea what you're babbling about :-) Care to elaborate?

I will say that you can place the objects that you place the camera
relative to in a group and then move the group about, that will move
the camera in sync with the camera... is that what you're asking?

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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Lutz Kretzschmar wrote:
> I have no idea what you're babbling about :-) Care to elaborate?

I wanna fake a game screenshot entirely in Moray/POV without having
to paste over a shot of the game's HUD in postwork.

> I will say that you can place the objects that you place the camera
> relative to in a group and then move the group about, that will move
> the camera in sync with the camera... is that what you're asking?

But will it rotate the group to always be perpendicular to the line-
of-sight of the camera?

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Hi Timothy R. Cook, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> But will it rotate the group to always be perpendicular to the line-
> of-sight of the camera?
Hmmm. I'm not sure. If you set up the group to display the HUD stuff
and then rotate it about X and Z only, it should work. This means no
Roll of the camera, though. And you can't rotate through the zenith
and expect the picture to be upside down....

I suggest simply experimenting and trying it out. The camera will
always be positioned at the place where the objects land up at, but
will be parallel to the Z plane, i.e. no roll.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
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