How to Position Cameras - Unity Tips

A quick tip for positioning cameras in Unity.

So it can be painful to select cameras

and use the transform controls to

kind of move them around.

It's much easier to actually use the

scene view camera to get the actual

frame that you want with the camera

and then move the camera to that position.

For example I can move my scene view camera around

like this, I could use right-click,

and look around and then use the

cursor keys to kind of move that around,

get the exact shot that I want,

then select the camera

and go to Game Object

Align With View.

That then puts the camera exactly where you want it.

You've also got the ability to jump the scene

view camera back to that position if you've

left it and you want to kind of re-evaluate.

You can go back to Game Object - Align View To Selected.

That will take you back.

So remember, get the scene view camera to where

you want it, command-shift-F or control-shift-F,

to reposition it.

Or if you want to go back and start reevaluating

if you've moved away use Align View To Selected.