The ULTIMATE GUIDE to Cameras in Blender (Beginners Start Here!)

In this video, learn everything you need to know about adding, editing, and using cameras to create scenes in Blender!

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0:00 - Introduction
0:43 - What do cameras do in Blender?
2:16 - What is a camera?
2:50 - How Cameras work as 3D Objects
3:43 - Adjusting camera settings for individual cameras
4:20 - How to add cameras in Blender
5:58 - How to look through a camera in Blender
6:28 - The best way to set up camera views in Blender
7:19 - Using lock camera to view to use your viewport to set up a camera
8:09 - How to snap your camera to your viewport view in Blender
9:08 - How to adjust field of view in a Blender Camera
11:09 - How to manage/use multiple cameras in Blender
13:28 - Blender camera clipping - how to fix objects not showing in viewport
15:05 - Viewport Clipping vs. Camera Clipping
15:45 - How to use depth of field in Blender
17:38 - Other Blender Tutorials

[TheCGEssentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you'd like to see a tutorial on camera animations in the comments below! :)

[ifebabs]

For three days, I have struggled with how to set the camera on my image prior to rendering. At the point of frustration today, I prayed that God should lead me to the perfect tutorial. Just seven minutes into your tutorial, I cracked it. Thank you. I'm subscribed.

[etiennebrownlee]

I have been watching you as my ultimate guide to blender for months, and I havent commented much on how amazing you are in teaching beginners like me. I guess what I want to say is Thank you for the knowledge you give, for the people you help..

[windup]

I've been struggling with camera for WEEKS and this would have solved many headaches if I had seen it first. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[cococarol]

You save a beginner who can move forward!! Thank you!

[noiz]

Ive been holding on to this for a year. I really enjoy your tutorials and have learned a lot from you. What makes it the best for me, is the fact you slightly sound and look like Jim Varney.

[afrocrumble]

OH MY GOD! YOU ARE MY SAVIOR! Soooo many tutorials say complicated bs that confuse the hell out of me! But yours is clear and concise for everyone to follow along and understand! Subscribed!!

[visuals]

When you put phrases like "snapping your camera to viewport" in the bottom left as a text overlay...that is awesome! So if you need to rewind with timeline preview you can see the phrase. What would be great is if there is a shortcut key sequesence like "Shift + Alt + num0" that you put that as a text overlay on the screen as well. That way as you are doing the tutorial you can see the key sequence instead of going...oh what did he say?...it's right on the screen. Thanks!

[laktoez]

THIS TUTORIAL SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOUUUU

[djo]

Great stuff, easy to follow. I watch a 10 min video that took me an hour to execute. Your video is 7 minutes longer but was able to execute AND take notes in less than half hour.

[silviabryan]

Thanks for this video I learned a lot from it. Recently I've switched from PC to Mac and now I feel like, what I've already learned, I have to learn in blender all over again and it's quite a bit of a challenge. Sometimes frustrating on the other hand oh this is neat how it works on a Mac. Today I've struggled for many hours with positioning my camera just a simple thing on a PC double G press MMB and move the camera back, done ! Yeah right! Not on a Mac. Your hint Lock camera to view helped a lot with this issue.

[charla.weddingpainting]

OMG! This really saves me! Thank you so much!! I'm a maya user and getting used to Blender interface is kinda confusing. This channel deserves more! It seems like a long video at first but when I started to follow it, it feels so short! Learn so much from here :D

[moviemagicgillesdelage]

Best camera tutorial so far for Blender. Thanks you.

[aliceleblanc]

You're the best and the one I always come back to for blender advice. Thank you forever! :D

[ebukathecreator]

You are the best mannnn 🥺
Thank you so much
This came in handy

[kylemunley]

Thank you for this concise, detailed video. Coming from the video and motion graphics world, I'm discovering that Blender is immensely powerful and incredibly unlike any other program I've ever used before. This video has helped me find some footing in controlling the camera and understanding what Blender's "eyes" are looking at versus what I'm looking at in Blender. Very much appreciated!

[GoDadFarming]

Newer to blender and this video was SO helpful!

[KidaleSmith]

So Detailed i finally found a good channel thank GOODNESS

[davyrayjutras]

Thanks for posting. I`m a newby to Blender and at 7:47 you explain to hit HOME key prior to checking camera to view. Where is the HOME key on my PC. Thanks in advance.

[almanning]

Awesome !!! I can control the cameras easy now. THANK YOU, great tutorial