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Camera Mapping
By Blender community
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Explains projecting a matte image through a matched camera onto simple geometry for believable camera moves, with worked near-field and background examples, UV setups, lens distortion and fixing stretching. Written for Blender 2.4x, so menus are dated but the method carries over.
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