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Change camera views

When you first launch Mudbox you view the 3D scene through a perspective camera. This camera can be found in the Object List, named Perspective. The Front, Top, and Side cameras are collectively referred to as orthographic cameras. You can also create additional cameras.

Cameras are the digital lenses through which you view objects in Mudbox. You can look through any of the four cameras in the 3D View by default (Perspective, Front, Top, and Side) to view and evaluate your 3D models from many points of view.

You can save camera views using bookmarks. A bookmark saves the camera's properties as a preset to a tool tray you specify.

For more information, see Camera properties.

Look through a different camera

Do one of the following:

- In the Object List, right-click a camera name (Perspective, Top, Side, Front) and select Look Through from the menu that appears.

Create a new camera

1. Select Create > Camera. A camera is created in the 3D View and it appears in the Object List.

Save a camera view

You can save a camera view as a bookmark so you can return to it later. You can bookmark perspective views as well as orthographic views.

1. In the 3D View, dolly, track, or tumble the camera view to the desired position.
2. Click the Camera Bookmarks tab to display the camera bookmarks.
3. From the Camera Bookmarks window menu ( ), select Add > Camera Bookmark.
4. Type a name for the camera bookmark in the Camera Bookmark Name window that appears, then click OK.

   The new camera bookmark appears on the Camera Bookmarks tray.

   NoteBefore clicking a camera bookmark, ensure you are looking through the same camera type that was bookmarked (for example, perspective, orthographic, and so on). Otherwise, you may not get the bookmarked view you expect.

Delete a camera bookmark

1. In the Camera Bookmarks tray, select the camera bookmark you want to delete.
2. Select the Camera Bookmarks window menu ( ) and select Delete from the pop-up menu that appears.

Reset a camera

1. Select the camera that you want to reset in the Object List.

   The properties for that camera display. Alternately, you can right-click the camera in the Object List and select Properties from the menu that appears.

2. In the Properties window, under the Transform tab, click the attributes you want to reset (Roll, Rotate, Track, Dolly) and then click Reset.

Additional camera controls

Mudbox provides two camera control behavior options. You can change these in the Preferences window by selecting Windows > Preferences > Camera > Camera Navigation Style.

- Default - camera rotation is relative to the world's Y-axis. This behavior is common to many 3D applications.
- Trackball - freestyle camera rotation relative to the screen. The position of the cursor on the screen when beginning to rotate the scene affects the angle of the rotation. The roll area, located on the fringes of the 3D View, lets you roll the camera. To turn on the Trackball feature, select Windows > Preferences > Camera > Control and select the Trackball option.