Challenge: Hover Racer Beauty Shot

Start by doing one of the following:

• Load a Hover Racer project from a previous lesson in this course that has been migrated to Unity 2018 LTS
  
  OR
• Download, unzip, and open the project Hover Racer 2018 LTS using the link above.

Add a Unity Camera to the Hover Racer Scene, and configure it as a Physical Camera.

Tip: Disable the Main Camera and Follow Cam to view your camera in Game view. We also disabled the Finish Line and LapTime UI objects. .

Using the Move tool or the Move to View and Align to View options (GameObjects menu), position your camera to view the Hover Racer Ship (Ship object).

Experiment with the Field of View, Focal Length, Sensor Type, and Sensor Size to get a wide angle, almost fish-eye view of the Ship and its surroundings.

Tip: To create better shadows at this angle, we changed the Shadow Distance in the LWRP settings (Settings > LWRP-HighQuality > Shadows) temporarily to 60.

One approach is shown in Figure 01. See Figure 02 for our Camera settings.

Figure 01: Wide angle shot of the Hover Racer

Figure 02: Camera settings for wide angle shot

With a shorter focal length, you can create an illusion of greater distance between the background and the foreground.

Our example is shown in Figure 03. See Figure 04 for our Camera settings.

Figure 03: Depth added by manipulating focal length

Figure 04: Camera settings for depth of field shot