First of all, great Video bro!

One thing tho-

I used do my animations just like u describe in your second method, but I recently changed my workflow to one, that is a little bit more sophisticated and less painful to work with:

It always really annoyed me that the offset of the follow path constraint is realative, not constant.. so every time i wanted to change/edit the path my camera is following, everything that’s somehow timing related breaks apart (timed/animated lights, camera focus empty etc.)

.. which is especially painful the more complex your scene / animation has gotten.

So what I do these days instead (and it only need one extra step) is to use a curve modifier instead of the follow path constraint. - but not on the camera itself (empties can’t use modifiers, only constraints) .. just use a small mesh circle to apply the curve modifier on.
Then just parent the camera to the vertices of the mesh circle.
You then just choose your deform axis like the offset from your typical follow path constraint.

For simpler scenes the usual follow path constraint may be easier and faster to work with, but for more complex projects this adaptation really was game changing for me!

I have not gone full blown animation, yet... I am still trying to hone my modeling skills... However, the tips in this video were helpful... Thanks for taking the time to share...

Just want to throw it out there, There’s also apps out there that you can record and it tracks the keyframe as file you can then import into blender.

I also like to use the VirtuCamera app/add on so I can control the virtual camera from my phone. Feels really nice for filming fly throughs. You can get a pretty rough or smooth feel depending on how much you smooth it out (there’s a slider on the app) and then you can add a “track to” constraint and track an empty or an object in your scene to have more control over your composition after if it wasn’t perfect.

thank you very very mach

Yooo thats amazing dude !!🔥🔥

Thank you, very useful info.

Really helpful man

Thank you so much !

only one word for you awesome:trophy-yellow-smiling:

thanks! i think a few of the ways to animate the camera will work for me)

I like setting planes that act as pathways I can walk on for creative shots, then using my shortcut for walk navigation (shift+f) then pressing G for gravity so I can just walk around that path I made :planet-orange-purple-ring:

Amazing thank you 😊

Awesome channel 😊

Very useful! Thank you

simple and easy, thanks!!

Bro thanks this has helped me a lot

love this

Thank so much bro.

thanks alot🙏