#Blender on mac camera view without numpad how to
Selecting the camera and putting a Child Of constraint on it and parenting it to the Camera bone will cause it to move when I rotate the Camera bone. How to use the view selected shortcut in blender on a mac 3d blender 2 79 jay versluis on standard mac keyboards and laptops some of the handy blender shortcuts are hard to find. Just remember the lower the F-Stop, the blurrier and more out of focus the render will be and the higher the F-Stop the more in-focus the scene will be as a whole. These next part are completely optional but I like to connect the camera to the Camera bone itself.
F-Stop is a photography tool that is too in-depth to discuss here. Under Aperture, F-Stop is the one setting that will help dial in the amount of focus on the camera. You can either use the dropdown or the eyedropper to select the object. Alternatively, use the Focus on Object selector to have the camera focus on a specific object. Find the Depth of Field tab and click the checkbox to turn it on (if it is not already on).Īdjust the focus distance to change how close or how far away from the camera your point of focus or point of interest is. On the right side of the window, click on the Camera Properties tab. It is easiest to adjust the Depth of Field settings by pressing 0 on the num pad to go into camera view, then turn on Render View in your scene. To turn on Depth of Field in your scene, first, select the scene camera. On the right is the same scene rendered with Depth of Field turned on and a focus on the center Suzanne. All the Suzanne objects are equally in focus regardless of their distance from the camera. The render on the left is a basic render without Depth of Field applied. Objects closer to the camera, or further away from the focus distance will appear out of focus.įor example, take the scene below. This is an easy way to draw more attention to a specific point of focus in your scene, rather than have everything in your scene be in perfect focus.ĭepth of field is the focus distance of a camera. Adjust Distance to focus, or use the eyedropper in the Focus Object selector to select a specific object for the camera to autofocus onĭepth of Field is a useful technique to include in a render to add a camera focus effect.Find the Depth of Field tab and click the checkbox on the left to turn it on (if it is not already on).