Problem With Paramount Lights -- RESOLVED!

melanie

I bought the Paramount Lights and like the results, but I have a problem in that I can't seem to move the carmeras around. They seem to be locked and my characters' heads are cut off at the top of the screen. Has anyone else bought these lights and figured out how to move the figure around to get all of him or her into the shot? Please see my screen shot. I can't move him down into the screen so his head isn't cut off at the top.

Richard Haseltine

Look under Constraints in the Parameters pane - is the camera set to Point At the head?

melanie

It says none under constraints.

melanie

I clicked on my character and tried moving him downward, and that does bring him into the camera without cutting his head off, but it seems like I should be able to move the cameras around.

vwrangler

If you look at the sliders on the right side of your screen capture, you have the camera itself selected and all the XYZ parameters are locked (the little padlocks). The camera itself literally cannot move; I'm guessing that the PA who made the lights did that for some reason. You need to click on those locks to unlock them, and then hopefully you will be able to move the camera.

melanie

vwrangler said:

If you look at the sliders on the right side of your screen capture, you have the camera itself selected and all the XYZ parameters are locked (the little padlocks). The camera itself literally cannot move; I'm guessing that the PA who made the lights did that for some reason. You need to click on those locks to unlock them, and then hopefully you will be able to move the camera.

Thank you, Vwrangler!!! That worked. I know about those locks but it just totally escaped me. I don't know why they should be locked. Characters are different sizes and shapes, so it might be necessary to move the camera a little bit.