# I REALLY need to know this.. how to make the camera rotate

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**Created:** [June 4, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874 "2002-06-04T00:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/1 "2002-06-04T00:37:54Z")

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how to make the camera rotate around your animation. For example, if i had a block and it just spun in circles or something and i wanted that to be my animation, what if i wanted the camera to circle around that, so that i whould have a spinning block being watched in a… circlular motion, basically…

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**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/2 "2002-06-04T00:39:13Z")

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thats weird… it posted the same 2 things only they arent exactly the same… oook…

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**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/3 "2002-06-04T05:07:07Z")

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It’s tricky… and I’m not completely satisfide with the results… but the idea is that you have to animate the “perspective”. You get the perspective timeline by clicking on open area on the stage… that is, by deslecting everything.

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**Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/4 "2002-06-05T14:10:37Z")

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You have to create a free camera…click on the camera once it shows up on the scene, and animate to your heart’s content.

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/5 "2002-06-06T03:16:54Z")

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ooo I haven’t tried that yet. I’m going to have to experiment with a couple of things.\r\rHere’s a little number I put together in about an hour today.\r\r[www.centerspin.com/auto2.swf](http://www.centerspin.com/auto2.swf)

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/6 "2002-06-07T01:57:08Z")

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woo! i can do it now! I understand how all the camera stuff works now, thanks! 🙂

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/7 "2002-06-09T04:01:35Z")

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Cool Upu… That looks pretty neat. You know, you can animate your lights as well… and that gives some cool effects too. Of course, for the ultimate, 3dsMax is king with the plugin from erain.

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/8 "2002-06-09T12:35:10Z")

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Just wait till you see my latest one. I’ll be posting it in the test forum sometime today. I have used a camera this time, instead of rotating the object, and I’ve had some fun with construction.\r\rNot only that, but I’ve decided to do an online comic strip using constructs from swift as stills. Should be interesting to do. Well… thanks for the info… the camera trick is a dream.\r\rAs for 3dSmax… I have a none registered copy that I’ve played around with, but I can’t afford it so I don’t really try to make anything with that. 🙂

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**Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/9 "2002-06-10T13:10:52Z")

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I’m just splattering this all over the place… might as well do it here too. :)\r[c]\r\<embed src=“[http://www.centerspin.com/longhaul/mimaMarkXXa.swf](http://www.centerspin.com/longhaul/mimaMarkXXa.swf)” quality=high pluginspage=“[http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1\_Prod\_Version=ShockwaveFlash](http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash)” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” width=“300” height=“400”\>\r \</embed\> \r[/c]

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**Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/10 "2002-06-11T18:50:24Z")

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Upuat8,\r\r What is that?\r and what program were you creating it in?\r Interesting indeed…

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**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-really-need-to-know-this-how-to-make-the-camera-rotate/3874/11 "2002-06-12T03:11:30Z")

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Looks great, Upuat…\r\ryou’re really stretching the limits of that program! 🙂 \r\r(which I like, of course)