Freeze/Lock Camera for Still Images

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Note, this question is NOT about locking a camera to a target.

Sometimes I have chosen a favorite camera composition in a level, and I want to make this particular shot extra nice so I can use it for screenshots. However, I just can’t get the camera to stay steady.

Whenever I come back to the scene to make a revision, by the time I’m ready to take a “highres screenshot” the camera has accidentally been nudged and now it’s difficult to compare the 2 revisions.

I can right click on a camera and choose freeze transformation, but shockingly enough that only freezes location not rotation, so my camera will still be nudged rotation-wise.

Bookmarks does not seem to work with cameras, and I can’t use bookmarks instead of cameras because bookmarks doesn’t store FOV settings.

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Hi, I would like to bump this as this is still a major problem when creating still images which need to be locked to a set position.

Thanks
Stephen

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I’d like to know this as well

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add me in too

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I’ve just found it ! Once you have placed your camera, right-click on it => Transform and check “lock actor movement”. It won’t move or rotate anymore :wink:

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Its still possible to rotate in this mode which is what OP said as well.

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Me as well, seems like an oversight.

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Easiest method would be to create separate cinematic cameras and place them through out the level!

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thanks ,it works

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I create a single keyframe for the Transform of the Camera. That way if you accidently move the camera, it will pop back when you scrub the timeline.

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Hello, it would be great if UE5 had a lock icon for the translation and rotation as there already is one for the scale.

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The lock simply keeps the scale ratio the same. It doesn’t lock the values.

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Just checking if there is a way. I can’t find an acceptable solution.

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In “outliner” right click on the camera and in “transform” there is “lock actor movement”

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Lovely！ Thanks！