1. Add a Camera COP to create a new camera. This node’s camera settings use a perspective projection type by default and override the default_camera context option set by the Default Canvas.

2. Use the parameters to configure the camera’s location in space, field of view, shutter speed, and metadata dictionary.

   Tip

   Wire in a camera_ref input and click Set Parameters from Input to populate the parameters based on the incoming layer’s camera.

1. Add a Camera Import COP to create a camera based on an imported camera.

2. Set Camera to the camera with the view that you want the camera_ref layer to match. See Camera path syntax for more information.

3. (Optional) Turn on and set the Near and Far parameters to override the Camera's clipping range.

For example, use this output with the Match Camera COP to move layers into the camera’s view or the Rasterize Geometry COP to render geometry in the view of the camera.

1. Add a Camera Blend COP to blend two layers' cameras together. This blends the focal length, aperture, camera position and transform, clipping range, shutter, focus distance, and f-stop.

2. Wire a Camera COP or layer into the bg and fg inputs.

3. Set the Blend parameter to the desired amount of blending. 0 displays just the fg camera and 1 displays just the bg camera.

   Note

   When you blend an orthographic and a perspective camera, the node blends only the cameras' transform. When Blend is 1, the node copies all other parameters from the second input. When Blend is less than 1, the node copies all other parameters from the first input.

1. Add a Camera Properties COP to edit certain properties of a layer’s camera.

2. Wire the layer with the camera properties you want to edit into the source input.

For example, use this when you want to use a layer as an image receiver with the Rasterize Layer COP or as a projector with the Project on Layer COP.

1. Add a Match Camera COP to copy the location, orientation, and camera information from one layer onto another.

2. Wire the layer that you want to transform into a new camera space into the source input. The source input can also be a geometry.

3. Wire the layer with the reference camera into the camera_ref input. If you don’t wire in a reference camera, the source layer uses the Default Canvas set in the COP Network or COP Network SOP.

   Tip

   Turn on Identity Transform to move the layer to the origin, align it with the XY plane, and reset its camera properties to the orthographic camera.