Animated Camera Switching in Maya Research & Development for 3D & the Web

Animated Camera Switching in Maya

by David on May.28, 2010, under Animating

Download the Mel Script called AK_Camera_Switching.mel (this will be uploaded soon).
Add the script to your Maya > Scripts folder
Open the Script Editor (in bottom right of Maya Window) and type in the command ak_camera_switch(); followed by the numpad ‘Enter’ key to execute the script (as specified in the scripts notes). You should see the GUI appear.
Create as many camera’s as you want/need in your scene to switch between.
Click ‘update cameras’ each time you add a new one.
Click the ‘create main_camera’ button to create the camera we will eventually render out and link to the others.
Select the first camera in the Camera Switching GUI and starting at frame 0 in your animation, click the ‘set and key’ button to link the ‘main_camera’ to the first camera.
Animate the first camera as desired
When you are ready to switch cameras, select the frame you wish to switch cameras at and next select the second camera from the GUI drop down list.
Click ‘set and key’ again to set the ‘main_camera’ to follow the second camera from this point on (until you switch it again).
Repeat this process as needed for all cameras until you are done.

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