Free Camera

Creates a camera without a target.

Free Cameras view the area in the direction that the camera is aimed. Free cameras are easier to use when the camera's position is animated along a trajectory, as in a walkthrough of a building or when the camera is attached to a moving vehicle. Free cameras can bank as they travel along the path, which Target Cameras cannot.

Reference

Free Cameras have one parameter in addition to the common camera parameters:

Target Distance: Sets a point to use as an invisible target so that you can orbit a free camera.

How To

To create a Free Camera

1. Go to the Create command panel and click Cameras.
2. In the Object Type rollout, click Free.
3. Click the viewport location where you want the camera to be.

The kind of viewport you click determines the Free Camera's initial direction.

The camera is now part of the scene.

4. Set the creation parameters.