Manuals of ComponentCameraSystem
  • Introduction
  • Basic Uses
    • General Workflow
    • Working with Sequencer
    • Third Person Camera
    • Lock-On Camera
    • Camera Shake
    • Camera Postprocessing
    • Camera Lens Effect
    • Camera Dither Fade
    • Photo Mode (Experimental)
    • Other Features
    • FAQ
  • Advanced Uses
    • Change Component Properties at Runtime
    • Customizing Camera Components
      • Customizing ECameraComponentFollow, ECameraComponentAim and ECameraExtensionBase
      • Customizing Existing Components: ControlAim as An Example
      • Customizing ECameraGroupActorComponent
      • Customizing ECameraHUD
      • Customizing EPlayerCameraManager
    • Camera Dampers
    • Animating Camera
    • Mixing Camera
    • Sequenced Camera
    • Keyframing Camera
    • ArchViz Camera
    • Integrating with Montage
    • Integrating with Gameplay Ability System (GAS)
  • Showcases
    • Boss Battle Camera
    • Group Aim Camera
    • Orbit Camera
    • Rail Camera
    • Crane Camera
    • Third Person Framing Camera
    • First Person Shooter Camera
    • Pseudo First Person Shooter Camera
    • Static Camera
    • Only Follow Camera
    • Only Aim Camera
  • Camera Components
    • Follow Components
      • ScreenFollow
      • SimpleFollow
      • HardLockFollow
      • OrbitFollow
      • RailFollow
      • CraneFollow
    • Aim Components
      • TargetingAim
      • HardLockAim
      • ControlAim
    • Extension Components
      • ResolveOcclusionExtension
      • MixingCameraExtension
      • ConfinerExtension
      • ResolveGroupActorExtension
      • AnimatedCameraExtension
      • KeyframeExtension
      • ConstrainPitchExtension
      • ModifyAimPointExtension
      • VelocityBasedRollingExtension
    • Miscellaneous
      • Photo Camera
      • Animated Camera
      • Keyframed Camera
      • ArchViz Camera
      • ArchViz CineCamera
      • ArchViz Camera Component
      • ArchViz CineCamera Component
      • Sequenced Camera Actor
      • Group Actor Component
      • CameraModifier_CameraShake
      • PCMGNeuralNetwork
      • ECamera Shake Source Actor
  • Blueprint Nodes List
    • ECameraBase
    • ECameraSettingsComponent
    • EPlayerCameraManager
    • ECameraLibrary
    • ECameraGroupActorComponent
    • RailFollow
    • ScreenFollow
    • ControlAim
    • MixingCameraExtension
    • VelocityBasedRollingExtension
  • Code Framework
    • Code Framework
  • Changelog
    • Changelog
      • V0.1.x
      • V0.2.x
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Crane Camera

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Last updated 2 years ago

Crane is widely used in cinematics. It has an arm controlling the length, yaw and pitch to move the camera around. The CraneFollow component provides you with an easy way to achieve this.

  1. Right click on Content Browser -> "Blueprint Class" -> create a "ECameraBase" class.

  2. Open the class blueprint, select the "Camera Settings Component" and on the "Details" panel, expand the "ECamera" section.

  3. Choose CraneFollow for "Follow Component", and TargetingAim for "Aim Component" if you would like to lock camera orientation to a particular target actor.

  4. In CraneFollow, you must specify a Camera Rig Crane actor in the level to property "Crane", then setting other properties according to your needs. Note that there are three follow types in CraneFollow: Follow Target, Fixed Speed and Manual. Refer to for more information about these three types.

  5. In the blueprint where you want to call this camera, invoke the "CallCamera" node and pass in the "Camera Class", "Follow Target" and "Aim Target". If you are not using the Follow Target in property Follow Type, you do not have to pass in an actor to "Follow Target". You can also specify "Blend Time", "Blend Func" and "Blend Exp" if you want smooth blending in.

Crane Follow