Camera path

del82 · July 4th, 2007

Guys, can LS export camera path to any other 3D app, or vice versa?

ikinman · July 6th, 2007

The answer is a very qualified 'yes'. You can import an animation path from Lightscape into Max, but it will turn into a series of discrete camera points, not an actual editable animation path. So if you have a 2 second camera path, at 30 fps, it will import 60 camera nodes into Max. They will be in the correct locations, but they will be 60 separate cameras.

This obviously is pretty much useless, unless there is something particular you need to accomplish, like redoing or updating an old project or doing some small effect. Without knowing specifically what you are doing, I wouldn't recommend it.

del82 · July 8th, 2007

Im looking in using Lightwave 5.6 for this, so if anyone has this version, I would be interested in buying it.

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del82 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Croatia Age: 74 Posts: 490 Name: John Porn	Camera path Guys, can LS export camera path to any other 3D app, or vice versa? __________________ Beeeee!

July 6th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
ikinman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New York City Age: 41 Posts: 128 Name: Ian Kinman	Re: Camera path The answer is a very qualified 'yes'. You can import an animation path from Lightscape into Max, but it will turn into a series of discrete camera points, not an actual editable animation path. So if you have a 2 second camera path, at 30 fps, it will import 60 camera nodes into Max. They will be in the correct locations, but they will be 60 separate cameras. This obviously is pretty much useless, unless there is something particular you need to accomplish, like redoing or updating an old project or doing some small effect. Without knowing specifically what you are doing, I wouldn't recommend it.

July 8th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
del82 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Croatia Age: 74 Posts: 490 Name: John Porn	Re: Camera path Im looking in using Lightwave 5.6 for this, so if anyone has this version, I would be interested in buying it. __________________ Beeeee!

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