by CAN Knot » 20 Nov 2005 20:39
Ok, I'm making some progress. Here is what I've learned so far:
You don't have to delete the default camera. When you select the "Camera Track" there are two controls on the top left. One will say "Inside" (this is the current camera view, inside the boat, total useless). You can change this to "Inside", "Aerial", and "Follow". Change this to "Follow". Above (or below, I can't rememebr) that is the name of the boat the camera will track. Change this to the boat you want to follow. Now the camera will follow that boat during the replay.
Each track can also have several "Blocks". The default camera block starts at the beginning of the race and ends at the end of the race (makes sense). However, you can change this by either selecting the block and adjusting the block start and end times (upper left), or by "dragging" the yellow bars on the timeline that mark the start and end points of the block. Once you have resized the default camera block you can add other blocks to the camera track. To do this move the red slider to an empty part of the camera track, that is outside the default block you just resized, and click the "Insert Block" button (just above the tracks). Your choices for cameras are "Camera Custom", "Camera Race", and "Camera Path" (there might be one more...). "Camera Custom" seems to place a static camera on the course that will aim at whatever you set the camera to follow. Note, when you first add the camera you can position it with the arrow keys or by changing the number on the left hand panel, but after you have placed the camera it seems that you can not select it later and change the values, so make sure you get them right the first time!
Presumably the camera in "Camera Path" follows a path of some sort, but I haven't figured that out.
"Camera Race" gives you another camera like the default camera block that you can use to follow a particular boat etc.
You can also add new tracks for things like text messages, sounds, transitions etc. Simply click the "Add Track" button, select the type of track you want, and set the start and end times.
So far I have no idea what adding a "Key" does...
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is.