The Camera Report

The Camera Report

With accurate information on the type of camera and the
focal length of a shot, you know enough to match the lens
of that camera with your After Effects camera.
 on the next page details the sizes of some typical
fi lm formats. If your particular brand and make of camera
is on the list, and you know the focal length, use these to
match the camera via Camera Settings. The steps are
1. Set Measure Film Size to Horizontally. (Note that
hFilmPlane stands for “Horizontal Film Plane.”)
2. Set Units to Inches.
3. Enter the number from the Horizontal column of the
chart that corresponds to the source fi lm format.
4. Set Units to Millimeters.
5. Enter the desired Focal Length.

Once the Angle of View matches the footage, any objects
that you track in (perhaps using techniques described in
Chapter 8) maintain position in the scene as the shot progresses.
It’s vital to get this right when the camera moves
during the shot, especially if a particularly wide or long
lens was used.