Overview of Cinemachine

Cinemachine Cameras

Cinemachine Dolly Cart and Track

The Cinemachine Brain

Introduction to Timeline - 2019.3

Creating Tracks and Sub-Tracks in Timeline

Challenge: Rocket Blast Off

Working with Activation Tracks - 2019.3

Challenge: Rocket Orbit

Controlling Animation and Components in Timeline

Starting Timeline Through a C# Script - 2019.3

Challenge: Rocket to Mars

Learn Live Submissions - Cutscenes & Trailers with Timeline & Cinemachine

Introduction to Timeline

Working with Activation Tracks

ULS_Cutscenes.zip

In this Learn Live, you will learn how to create a cinematic trailer for a space themed project. You will use Cinemachine and Timeline to control the trailer and learn how these tools allow for quick customization of assets. Learners will be able to choose from a variety of space assets to customize the trailer to their liking. 

Cutscenes and Trailers with Timeline and Cinemachine

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Introduction

Adding Cinemachine

Adding a Cinemachine Brain

Adding a Cinemachine Virtual Camera 

Conclusion

Cinemachine lets you to craft shots, build camera rigs, and dream up camera behaviors without any programming.  In this tutorial, you'll add a Cinemachine Camera and Brain to your project.

Cinemachine: Overview

Cinemachine: Getting Started

Cinemachine: Setting Up Virtual Cameras

Cinemachine

Working with Cinemachine Cameras

Cinemachine Tutorials - 2019.1, 2019.2

Timeline and Cinemachine Workshop--Companion Tutorials (2019.2)

Introduction to 3D Mobile Games for Artists--Companion Tutorials (2018.4)

If you are using Unity 2019.1, click here. If you are using Unity 2018.4 or lower, click here.

Cinemachine allows users to craft shots, build camera rigs, tune and save properties in play mode and dream up camera behaviors without any programming. It allows them to easily make tracking shots of AI driven objects or any other performer with variable behavior, all with screen-based composition controls. It lets them build large and sophisticated camera setups very quickly and easily.

In the Menu Bar, select Windows > Package Manager

Wait for all packages to load and then choose Cinemachine from the list, then click Install

The Cinemachine Brain is the component that acts as the main hub for all of the other Cinemachine components. It takes control of the main camera and allows users to create and control a number of different Virtual Cameras.

Choose Cinemachine > Cinemachine Brain (Figure 01).

Figure 01: Adding the Cinemachine Brain component

Virtual Cameras are the key to creating certain camera behaviors and shots using Timeline. The behavior of the Virtual Camera, when viewed through the Game view, can be adjusted using the Dead Zone and Soft Zone bounds. These bounds can also be adjusted using the Virtual Camera parameters.

In the Menu Bar, select Cinemachine > Create Virtual Camera

Select the Virtual Camera and assign a GameObject to the Follow and LookAt parameters (Figure 02)

Select the Game view and adjust the Dead Zone bounds

By adjusting the Dead Zone and Soft Zone, the camera will not track the target until the target begins to go outside of the Dead Zone. The camera will track the target inside the Soft Zone depending on the dampening parameters that are set up on the camera. Dampening determines how loose or rigid the camera is when tracking the target.

Figure 02: Adding a GameObject to the Follow and Look At parameters of a Virtual Camera

Figure 03: Adjusting the Dead Zone and Soft Zone in the Game view

Cinemachine adds intelligence to your cameras, making them active participants in your scene. Whether you need automatic entity tracking and scene composition, to simulate cameras from handheld shaky cams to Hollywood-style rigs, or to intelligently cut and blend between multiple cameras, Cinemachine puts the power in your hands without the need for code.

Cinemachine Cameras

1. Introduction

2. Adding Cinemachine

3. Adding a Cinemachine Brain

4. Adding a Cinemachine Virtual Camera

5. Conclusion

Complete this tutorial