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Camera Tools

Select Camera Tools to set the camera's behavior relative to the camera's look-at point, which is the point in the scene that the camera is focused on.

Hover over Camera Tools to display the following tools.

	Rotate	Rotates the camera around a selected look-at point.
	Pan	Moves the camera in the current viewing plane. The camera points in the same direction and the look-at point moves with the camera. Holding `Ctrl` + middle mouse button enters a zoom mode where focal length is maintained regardless of zoom distance. This allows you to zoom into your scene uniformly without any lens distortion.
	Zoom	Moves the camera closer to or further from the object, while pointing in the same direction.
	Twist	Rotates the camera clockwise or counterclockwise in the 2D plane of the screen.
	Look At	Lets you set a new look-at point for the rotate and zoom methods of moving the camera.

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