Creating Vertigo Effect (New in version 5.3)

The Vertigo effect is an in-camera visual technique that combines lens adjustments with coordinated camera movement. This creates a shot where the foreground remains fixed, while the background appears to shrink or expand, depending on the camera's direction. The effect heightens the intensity of the visual experience.

  1. Create or load a project with animations applied.
  2. Follow the steps in the Creating Custom Cameras section to add custom camera.
  3. Launch Timeline and open the camera's transform track. Add transform key to create dolly zoom effect.

    Playback to view the result.
  4. Open the Lens track of the camera.
  5. Drag the Lens slider in different time frame.

    The lens keys will be auto-added on the track.
  6. Repeatedly apply the Transition Curves to alter the speed of the transition animations between the transform and lens keys.
  7. Playback to view the vertigo effect.