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Controlling the Camera in the Scene

The Compositor includes a camera for the scene. You can change the camera's position, zoom, and roll. For example, animate the camera channels to simulate a camera pan or zoom.

The crosshair that appears in the image window when Result view is selected represents the point of interest.

To change the camera's attributes:

1. From the View box, select Result to view the point of interest.
2. Click Animation to display the Channel Editor.
3. Open the Camera folder, and then the Translate folder.

   (a) Camera folder(b) Translate folder

4. Select a channel.

   Select: | To:
   --- | ---
   X or Y channel in the Translate folder | Change the camera's position.
   Speed channel in the Translate folder | Change the camera's speed.
   Zoom channel | Change the camera's zoom.
   Roll channel | Change the camera's roll.

5. Drag the cursor in the image window to change the value of the selected channel. You can also set the value in the Channel Editor. See Animation.

NoteTo modify a single channel, use the Channel Editor. Also, you can only modify the Speed channel in the Channel Editor.