show camera view on an object

KeithH

How do I point a camera at something and have it show on an object like the screen on a smart phone?

I've seen other rendered items do this but unsure how to do it myself. Thanks

felis

In parameters you can set the camera to point at an object. Although I would suggest you create a null, and parent that to the character and let the camera point at that.

I don't understand what you mean with "show on an object". The camera has a white dot where the focal point is.

Togire

I think the question is about seeing on a screen in a render the view that would give another camera of the same scene. But it is not possible directly.

Best solution is to take a first render, to use it as an image of the screen and to make a second render including this image.

You can also use postwork, but it is more tricky in order to take into account the perspective/deformation of the screen.

KeithH

alainmerigot said:

I think the question is about seeing on a screen in a render the view that would give another camera of the same scene. But it is not possible directly.

Best solution is to take a first render, to use it as an image of the screen and to make a second render including this image.

You can also use postwork, but it is more tricky in order to take into account the perspective/deformation of the screen.

Yes - this is what I was asking. Thank you 

marble

alainmerigot said:

I think the question is about seeing on a screen in a render the view that would give another camera of the same scene. But it is not possible directly.

Best solution is to take a first render, to use it as an image of the screen and to make a second render including this image.

You can also use postwork, but it is more tricky in order to take into account the perspective/deformation of the screen.

 If that means having a person in a screen holding a phone with a view of the scene on the phone screen, then yes - that's the way I do it. First render the scene and then use that render to place in the diffuse (Base Color) channel for the phone screen in the surfaces pane.