Panning and zooming in 2D

Use the 2D Pan/Zoom feature to pan and zoom in 2D and see the results in your scene view. Using this feature, you can view details in specific areas when doing precise tracking, placement or rotoscoping work without having to physically move your camera.

You can easily toggle in and out of pan/zoom mode. You can even create two panels and display the full camera view in one panel and the pan/zoom view in the other.

The pan/zoom mode does not render by default and therefore you have the option of rendering the full camera view or the pan/zoom view. In addition, you can also create 2D Pan/Zoom bookmarks.

Follow these steps to enable the 2D Pan/Zoom feature in Maya.

To enable the 2D Pan/Zoom feature (Method 1)

1. In the panel menu, select View > Camera Attribute Editor.
2. Expand the Display Options section, 2D Pan/Zoom subsection and select Pan Zoom Enabled to enable the 2D Pan/Zoom feature.
3. Enter the desired values in the Pan and Zoom attributes to move your view horizontally or vertically and zoom into or out of your scene.
   Note

   Optionally, you can render your panned/zoomed view. To do so, select the Render Pan Zoom attribute.

4. Ensure that View > Camera Settings > Ignore 2D Pan/Zoom is unchecked so that you can see the panned/zoomed view in your scene view.

   You can also select Ignore 2D Pan/Zoom by the icon in the Panel toolbar.

To enable the 2D Pan/Zoom feature (Method 2)

1. In the panel menu, select View > Camera Tools > 2D Pan/Zoom Tool > to pan or zoom interactively.

   The Tool Settings window appears. Select between the 2D Pan or 2D Zoom mode.

   Note

   After selecting the 2D Pan/Zoom Tool, you can also dolly in and out by + dragging a box around the part of the view you want to dolly in on. If you drag the box out from left to right, you dolly in. If you drag the box out from right to left, you dolly out.

2. Ensure that View > Camera Settings > Ignore 2D Pan/Zoom is unchecked so that the panned/zoomed view is displayed in your scene view.

To disable the 2D Pan/Zoom feature (Method 1)

1. Use the \ hotkey to toggle between enabling and disabling the 2D Pan/Zoom.

To disable the 2D Pan/Zoom feature (Method 2)

1. Click the button in the Panel toolbar to toggle between enabling and disabling the 2D Pan/Zoom.

Create Pan/Zoom bookmarks (Method 1)

1. In the panel menu, select View > Bookmarks > Edit Bookmarks.

   The Bookmark Editor appears.

2. Click New 2D Bookmark to create a new 2D Pan/Zoom bookmark.

   Your bookmarks will be listed under View > Bookmarks and also by the icon in the Panel toolbar.

Create Pan/Zoom bookmarks (Method 2)

1. the icon in the Panel toolbar and select Create 2D Bookmark.

   A bookmark is created with your current Pan and Zoom settings.

   Tip

   You can also access the Bookmark Editor by the icon in the Panel toolbar and selecting Edit 2D Bookmarks.