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Specified in percentage, these inputs shift the film up/down and side-to-side in relation to the lens. This can be useful for setting up perspective-corrected shots of objects such as tall buildings where the camera should be located near the ground, but the entire building should be in the frame. Normally, this would require tilting the camera up, but by using lens-shift, the camera can be kept horizontal, and the film shifted downward in relation to the lens, thereby bringing the entire building into the frame without introducing perspective distortion. Here is a quick comparison of the two methods (camera-tilt vs. film-shift):
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Heads-up Display
Since the Rhino viewport does not have the ability to show the effects of film-shift, or even of non-35mm film types, the plugin provides a specialized tool, the Heads-up Display, to assist you in setting up shots like this. To activate the Heads-up Display, click the ‘Toggle Heads-up Display button in the plugin’s camera toolbar:
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The Heads-up Display is an overlay that the plugin draws in the Rhino viewport, which shows how the current view will look once the film size and shift have been applied. Using the preceding example, here is how the Heads-up Display helps you to visualize the effect of your Maxwell camera’s film settings (the color of the overlay can be adjusted using Options > User Interface > UI Preferences > HeadsUpHatchColor):
viewport view | actual film size & shift |
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