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Using Camera Match and CamPoint Helpers
Max has some nifty little tools to match any camera angle if
you just have to have some point of reference. If you look at
the photograph we applied to the background you may have
noticed the white square in the image. This is a perfectly
square piece of paper I placed on the asphalt as a reference for
the camera angle.
First, go to the Create panel and click on the Helpers but-
ton. Then click the drop-down box and select Camera Match.
Figure 22-6:
Choose Camera
Match from the
Create panel
drop-down.
This will allow you to create a CamPoint object. Create four
CamPoint objects in a perfect square. You'll end up with the
following:
Figure 22-7:
The four points
from the top
Now, these four points aren't enough for
Max to calculate a camera angle. However,
if we select all four and duplicate them,
making eight points as if it were a cube, this
will give Max enough points to calculate
with.
At this point it would helpful to rotate
the camera around to roughly match the
scene. This will allow you to easily visual-
ize which point should be which. Once the
Figure 22-8: Eight
points for Max to
calculate the
camera angle
 
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