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06-28-2010, 12:55 PM
Looking at this page: http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MatineeUserGuide.html#Gamecaster%20Integration
You're mutating the word "pan" to the point it's become a meaningless term, and confusing. I don't know what you mean, reading this, when you say we can "pan" using this or that.
When you talk to a director of photography on a film "pan" has a specific meaning. It means to rotate the camera left or right. It comes from the term "panorama" - which is a wide vista-like view. So a "panorama" shot (a "pan shot") will rotate left or right to cover the panorama that is in front of you.
If you rotate the camera up or down, that is "tilting". That is not panning.
If you lift the camera up or down that is "pedestalling", or "pedding".
If you *move* the camera left or right, that is "tracking". That is not panning. (It's traditionally called this because in film, you would literally put the camera on tracks in this situation.)
If you move the camera in or out that is "dollying". (It's traditionally called this because in film, you would literally put the camera on a dolly in this situation - a cart with wheels. Not tracks, because you'd see the tracks ahead of the camera. Hence the difference between dollying and tracking. Note also this isn't zooming.)
If you're lifting/dropping the camera while rotating left/right, you can call this "craning". (Guess why? That's right, the camera would be on a crane.)
So saying "pan" as a catch-all for any movement of the camera is confusing because it's so generic it's meaningless. Try using the precise and traditional cinematic terminology above.
You're mutating the word "pan" to the point it's become a meaningless term, and confusing. I don't know what you mean, reading this, when you say we can "pan" using this or that.
When you talk to a director of photography on a film "pan" has a specific meaning. It means to rotate the camera left or right. It comes from the term "panorama" - which is a wide vista-like view. So a "panorama" shot (a "pan shot") will rotate left or right to cover the panorama that is in front of you.
If you rotate the camera up or down, that is "tilting". That is not panning.
If you lift the camera up or down that is "pedestalling", or "pedding".
If you *move* the camera left or right, that is "tracking". That is not panning. (It's traditionally called this because in film, you would literally put the camera on tracks in this situation.)
If you move the camera in or out that is "dollying". (It's traditionally called this because in film, you would literally put the camera on a dolly in this situation - a cart with wheels. Not tracks, because you'd see the tracks ahead of the camera. Hence the difference between dollying and tracking. Note also this isn't zooming.)
If you're lifting/dropping the camera while rotating left/right, you can call this "craning". (Guess why? That's right, the camera would be on a crane.)
So saying "pan" as a catch-all for any movement of the camera is confusing because it's so generic it's meaningless. Try using the precise and traditional cinematic terminology above.