Cinemachine Rotation Composer component

This CinemachineCamera Rotation Control behaviour rotates the camera to face the Look At target. It also applies offsets, damping, and composition rules. It only rotates the camera, it never changes the camera's position. Examples of targets for aiming: the upper spine or head bone of a character, vehicles, or dummy objects which are controlled or animated programmatically.

Properties

Property		Function
Target Offset		Offset from the center of the Look At target, in target-local space. Use this to fine-tune the target's position when the point of interest is not the tracked object’s center. You can also use Scene Handles to modify this property.
Lookahead Time		Adjust the rotation based on the motion of the Look At target. The algorithm estimates the point that the target will be this many seconds into the future. This feature is sensitive to noisy animation. It can amplify the noise, resulting in undesirable camera jitter. If the camera jitters unacceptably when the target is in motion, turn down this property or animate the target more smoothly.
Lookahead Smoothing		Controls the smoothness of the lookahead algorithm. Larger values smooth out jittery predictions and increase prediction lag.
Lookahead Ignore Y		Enable ths to ignore movement along the Y axis for lookahead calculations.
Damping		How responsively the camera frames the target in horizontal and vertical directions. Use small numbers for more responsive, rapid rotation of the camera to keep the target in the dead zone. Use larger numbers for a heavier, more slowly-responding camera.
Screen Position		Horizontal and vertical screen position for the target. The camera adjusts to position the tracked object here. 0 is the screen center, -0.5 and 0.5 are the screen edges.
Dead Zone		The camera will not adjust when the target is within this range of the Screen Position.
	Size	The width and height of the region where the camera will not respond to target movement, expressed as a fraction of screen size. This region is centered around the Screen Position. A value of 1 means full screen width or height.
Hard Limits		The camera will not allow the target to be outside of the hard limits.
	Size	The size of the region in which the camera can place the target, expressed as a fraction of screen size. This region is by default centered around the Screen Position, but can be shifted using the Offset setting. A value of 1 means full screen width or height.
	Offset	Shifts the hard limits horizontally or vertically relative to the Target Position.
Center On Activate		Rotates the camera to put the target at the center of the dead zone when the camera becomes live.

Shot composition

This component defines areas in the camera frame for you to compose a shot:

• Dead zone: The area of the frame in which Cinemachine keeps the target. The target can move within this region and the CinemachineCamera will not adjust to reframe it until the target leaves the dead zone.

• Soft zone: If the target enters this region of the frame, the camera will adjust to put it back in the dead zone. It will do this slowly or quickly, according to the time specified in the Damping settings.

• Screen Position: The screen position of the center of the dead zone. 0 is the center of the screen, +1 and -1 are the edges.

• Damping: Simulates the lag that a real camera operator introduces while operating a heavy physical camera. Damping specifies how quickly or slowly the camera reacts when the target enters the soft zone while the camera tracks the target. Use small numbers to simulate a more responsive camera, rapidly moving or aiming the camera to keep the target in the dead zone. Larger numbers simulate heavier cameras, The larger the value, the more Cinemachine allows the target to traverse the soft zone.

The Game View Guide gives an interactive, visual indication of these areas. The guides appear as tinted areas in the Game view.

The clear area indicates the dead zone. The blue-tinted area indicates the soft zone. The Screen Position is the center of the Dead Zone. The red-tinted area indicates the no pass area, which the camera prevents the target from entering. The yellow square indicates the target itself.

Adjust these areas to get a wide range of camera behaviors. To do this, drag their edges in the Game view or edit their properties in the Inspector window. For example, use a larger soft zone for a fast-moving target, or enlarge dead zone to create an area in the middle of the camera frame that is immune to target motion. Use this feature for things like animation cycles, where you don’t want the camera to track the target if it moves just a little.