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danzig · 04-10-2008, 05:32 AM

There use to be tut here that explianed how to achive this, but the link is now dead....So could anyone please tell me how to achieve the BSG type camera shake? I added the noise controller to my camera and adjusted the "ramp in and out" and it still didn't change anything...the shake fills all 220 frames of the animation and i just need it for a 27 frame fly by. Also this was done using the animation/position/noise route as well as using the motion tab in max.
Still the same undesirable shake throughout.

TFRAkira002 · 04-12-2008, 02:09 AM

The BSG type camera isn't really a simple shake, it's a combination of zooming and weird but still smooth motions. It gives you sort of the impression of a handheld camera, but not quite. Putting in noise won't achieve that. Play with zooming in and then panning, and then overshooting the panning motions a lot...

danzig · 04-12-2008, 04:42 PM

Yeah...I got the pans down right, it's the shake as a ship passes the camera I'm having the issues with. I tried setting keys for the 22 frames that it will need to be applied for, as weel as following the basic tuts. But as I said it appliees the shake to the intire timeline and ramping for somereason only lowers it across the same timeline.
Can't seem to get the ramp in/out to work on the said frames only.

TFRAkira002 · 04-12-2008, 10:07 PM

Shouldn't you be able to edit the keys for the noise like any other value you can vary across time?

danzig · 04-13-2008, 03:40 PM

Thats what I thought also...but right clicking the key only brings up the same noise controller modifier that effects the whole timeline. Seems that all the threads on how to do this all have the same dilema.
I know I can just do this in After Effects, but I want to get it in the render shot so the guys doing post have 1 less thing to do. Also...it my shot...so I want the shake to be something that came from my vision.

danzig · 04-13-2008, 09:06 PM

Solved...can't really remeber how i did it but as the old saying goes..."click enough buttons..." I was easy actually had to untick "ignore entire timeline"
THis not quite perfected but thanx for the input.

L2K · 04-18-2008, 04:22 PM

you know, for a ship flyby, you only need to shake 2 or 3 times. handmake it

5-6 key to put and its done.
important thing is to move fast, but only a little

**Howard Day** · 04-24-2008, 01:23 AM

Alternatively, you can animate the amount of the shake - the strength numbers. If those are 0, then you have no shake, if they're 15+ you've got shake. Make sure you apply this to the camera target, not the camera itself - it leads to more natural motion. And before you ask - you can apply multiple transforms using a position or rotation list.

04-10-2008, 05:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
danzig SFM Nugget Realname: Sean Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 42 Posts: 7 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Camera shake in 3ds max 8 There use to be tut here that explianed how to achive this, but the link is now dead....So could anyone please tell me how to achieve the BSG type camera shake? I added the noise controller to my camera and adjusted the "ramp in and out" and it still didn't change anything...the shake fills all 220 frames of the animation and i just need it for a 27 frame fly by. Also this was done using the animation/position/noise route as well as using the motion tab in max. Still the same undesirable shake throughout.

04-13-2008, 03:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
danzig SFM Nugget Realname: Sean Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 42 Posts: 7 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Thats what I thought also...but right clicking the key only brings up the same noise controller modifier that effects the whole timeline. Seems that all the threads on how to do this all have the same dilema. I know I can just do this in After Effects, but I want to get it in the render shot so the guys doing post have 1 less thing to do. Also...it my shot...so I want the shake to be something that came from my vision.
	Last edited by danzig; 04-13-2008 at 04:08 PM. Reason: added screenshot

04-18-2008, 04:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
L2K SFM Guru Total Awards: 2 (more» ...) Realname: El Lu Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Santiago - Chile Age: 25 Posts: 593 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	you know, for a ship flyby, you only need to shake 2 or 3 times. handmake it 5-6 key to put and its done. important thing is to move fast, but only a little
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04-12-2008, 02:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
TFRAkira002 SFM Nugget Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 21 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The BSG type camera isn't really a simple shake, it's a combination of zooming and weird but still smooth motions. It gives you sort of the impression of a handheld camera, but not quite. Putting in noise won't achieve that. Play with zooming in and then panning, and then overshooting the panning motions a lot...

04-12-2008, 04:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
danzig SFM Nugget Realname: Sean Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 42 Posts: 7 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Yeah...I got the pans down right, it's the shake as a ship passes the camera I'm having the issues with. I tried setting keys for the 22 frames that it will need to be applied for, as weel as following the basic tuts. But as I said it appliees the shake to the intire timeline and ramping for somereason only lowers it across the same timeline. Can't seem to get the ramp in/out to work on the said frames only.

04-12-2008, 10:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
TFRAkira002 SFM Nugget Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 21 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Shouldn't you be able to edit the keys for the noise like any other value you can vary across time?

04-13-2008, 09:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
danzig SFM Nugget Realname: Sean Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 42 Posts: 7 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Solved...can't really remeber how i did it but as the old saying goes..."click enough buttons..." I was easy actually had to untick "ignore entire timeline" THis not quite perfected but thanx for the input.

04-24-2008, 01:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
Howard Day Sensei Join Date: May 2006 Age: 26 Posts: 430 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Alternatively, you can animate the amount of the shake - the strength numbers. If those are 0, then you have no shake, if they're 15+ you've got shake. Make sure you apply this to the camera target, not the camera itself - it leads to more natural motion. And before you ask - you can apply multiple transforms using a position or rotation list.

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