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Maxwell Render 2.5 User Manual
Chapter 12. Maxwell Studio | 111
Press L once to only move the camera target. You will see the text “Editing From” change
to “Editing To” at the bottom of the viewport.
Press L again to return to the default camera mode where you are only moving the
camera.
Press L once again to move both the camera target and the camera itself. You are now
“Editing From-To”.
12.04.01 The Cameras List panel
The Cameras List panel lists all the available cameras in the scene. To select a camera
from the Camera panel, just click on its name. Once selected, you can move or rotate the
camera or edit its particular parameters using the Camera Parameters panel.
F.01 Camera list
Double-click on a camera name to make it the active camera. Right-clicking in the Cameras
panel shows a contextual menu where you can create, rename, delete, block/ unblock,
hide/ unhide, or clone cameras. There are also sorting order and icon size options.
12.04.02 The Camera Parameters panel
From the Camera Parameters panel you can edit the specics parameters of a camera.
Most of the camera parameters are related to those of a real photographic camera. For
more detailed information about concepts of photography and how they relate to the
Maxwell camera, please see the Maxwell Render Cameras chapter 5.
F.01 Real Camera presets
The cameras parameters are categorized in several sub-sections:
• Type: Set the camera to perspective or orthogonal. You can also hide or lock your
camera.
• Coordinates: Set the camera and target position, or point to a position you want
to set the camera to. You can also set the Focal Distance (the distance from the
camera to the camera target) and the Roll Angle (the rotation of the camera around
its Z-axis).
• Optics: Set the specic parameters of the optics you want to use in your render, such
as Focal Length to adjust the aperture of vision. You can also control the exposure by
setting the Shutter and f-Stop separately, or use the Lock Exposure and EV Number.
If you enable Lock Exposure while you change the Shutter or f-Stop, Maxwell Render
adjusts the other parameter to ensure the image maintains the same exposure level.
• Sensor: Specify the settings of your lm, such as Resolution (frame size in pixels),
Film Back (which denes the lm type by dening the size of the lm window), Pixel
Aspect ratio, and the ISO (light sensibility of the lm). You can also specify if you want
to render the full frame at the desired resolution, render a particular region (dened
by the Origin and End numeric elds), or blow up a region (dened by the Origin and
End numeric elds) at the desired resolution, you have to select the desired option
(Full, Region or Blow up) in the active camera (under the Sensor tab).
• Diaphragm: The diaphragm in a camera controls the aperture of the window and
thus controls the amount of light that reaches the lm. This parameter allows you to