Basics Tab

The Basics tab contains the options to select the camera type and to adjust camera position and scaling.

(a) Stereo Camera View Type box (b) FBX Camera Type box (c) Camera Type box (d) Rotation Order box

Export FBX Camera button: Opens the Export Camera file browser to save an FBX camera.

Stereo Camera View Type box: Available when Stereo is selected in the FBX Camera Type box. Select Left, Right, or Rig (for Stereo Rig).

Camera Type box

Select whether the camera is Free, Aim, or Aim and Up.

Select:	For:
Free	Static scenes and for simple animations (up, down, side-to-side, in and out), such as panning out of a scene. A Free camera views the scene in the direction that you aim the camera. You can simply animate the camera rotation or camera tilt as though it were on a tripod. Use the Rotation fields in conjunction with a Free camera.
Aim	Slightly more complex animations (along a path, for example), such as a camera that follows the erratic path of a bird. The Aim camera ensures the camera is specifically aimed at a target object in the scene. Use the Roll and Aim fields in conjunction with the Aim camera.
Aim and Up	Complex animations, such as a camera that travels along a looping roller coaster. Use the Aim and Up camera to specify which end of the camera must face upward. Use the Roll, Aim, and Up fields in conjunction with the Aim and Up camera.

FOV field: Displays the angular field of view value, measured in degrees. Use to adjust the width of the camera frustum. Editable.

Focal Length field: Displays the focal length of the camera lens, measured in millimeters. Increasing zooms the camera in and increases the size of objects. Decreasing zooms the camera out and decreases the size of objects. Editable.

Near Clipping Plane field: Displays the position of the near clipping plane, in pixels, which represents the distance from the camera to the closest point within which image details are processed. Editable.

Far Clipping Plane field: Displays the position of the far clipping plane, in pixels, which represents the distance from the camera to the farthest point within which image details are processed. Editable.

X Position field: Displays the position of the camera, in pixels, on the horizontal (X) axis. Editable.

Y Position field: Displays the position of the camera, in pixels, on the vertical (Y) axis. Editable.

Z Position field: Displays the position of the camera, in pixels, on the perpendicular (Z) axis. Editable.

Rotation Order box: Select the order in which the camera is rotated, on the horizontal, vertical, and perpendicular (X, Y, and Z) axes.

X Rotation field: Displays the level of rotation of the camera on the horizontal (X) axis, in degrees. Active when Camera Type is set to Free. Editable.

Y Rotation field: Displays the level of rotation of the camera on the vertical (Y) axis, in degrees. Active when Camera Type is set to Free. Editable.

Z Rotation field: Displays the level of rotation of the camera on the perpendicular (Z) axis, in degrees. Active when Camera Type is set to Free. Editable.

X Scale field: Displays the scale of the camera on the horizontal (X) axis, as a percentage. Editable.

Y Scale field: Displays the scale of the camera on the vertical (Y) axis, as a percentage. Editable.

Z Scale field: Displays the scale of the camera on the perpendicular (Z) axis, as a percentage. Editable.

X Shear field: Displays the shearing of the camera (diagonal shift) on the horizontal (X) axis, as a percentage. Editable.

Y Shear field: Displays the shearing of the camera (diagonal shift) on the vertical (Y) axis, as a percentage. Editable.

Z Shear field: Displays the shearing of the camera (diagonal shift) on the perpendicular (Z) axis, as a percentage. Editable.

Result Camera box: Specify which camera is active. The active camera is the one that will be used when processing/rendering your scene.

Camera Scale field: Displays the size of the camera relative to the scene, independently for either Left or Right camera views. For example, if Camera Scale is set to 0.5, the camera's view covers an area half as large, but objects in the camera's view are twice as large. If Focal Length is set to 35, the effective focal length for the camera would be 70. Editable.