Zooming around other characters. need help

Hey. Does anyone know how to zoom past the front characters to get to the background characters? I want the characters to kind of move to the side while the camera zooms in the middle of them. I’ve seen others use this in their story but I’m not sure if there’s a template for it.

Thanks in advice!!

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Can you show the script, please?

&zoom on X Y to % in s
@CHARACTER walks to spot S X Y in s AND CHARACTER does it while ANIMATION

You can also add a pause between the two commands so the character doesn’t start sliding immediately.

If you want to move multiple characters, use & instead of @ until you reach the last character.

This is what I have but its doesn’t look how I want it to. I want the front characters to move to the side while the camera zooms to the ones in the background so the front characters aren’t in the way.

@zoom on 384 445 to 250% in 3

    NARRATOR
Ofc, this is -- . Aka your lover boy.
He's head of the football team, and I guess you could say he's popular but he stays to himself.

@zoom on CHARACTER to 250% in 2

    NARRATOR
This is -- . -- best friend and my crush since forever.
He also plays on the football team.

@zoom on CHARACTER to 250% in 4

    NARRATOR
This boy right here, the one -- drooling over, is --.
He's nice, plays on the football team, and he makes good grades.

@zoom on CHARACTER to 250% in 3

    NARRATOR
This is -- . -- has had a crush on him since the sixth grade.
He's cool, but he can be shy at times. He plays football and basketball. 

@pause for a beat

Maybe try:
&zoom on X Y Z in s
@YOURCHARACTER walks to spot in X Y Z in 0.3 (I prefer this number of seconds) AND YOURCHARACTER starts INSERT ANIMATION

If you want both characters (one standing left and one standing right) use the command I wrote but just copy it two times

EXAMPLE: We have two frontal characters, Evelina and Joseph
&zoom on 124 432 642% in 3
@EVELINA walks to spot 242 432 532 in 0.3 and AMILA starts eyeroll_sarcastic
@JOSEPH walks to spot 242 432 532 in 0.3 and JOSEPH starts eyeroll_sarcastic

TELL ME IF IT WORKS!! <3

What if I don’t need them to walk to a certain spot? I already have them placed I just want to zoom on each one to add info about them. Some are placed in different layers which is why I needed some type of template to zoom around them.

Sorry, don’t have any solution except for that one. :smiley:

Try:
@CHARACTER1 spot x y z
@CHARACTER1 moves to layer -2

@CHARACTER2 spot x y z
@CHARACTER2 moves to layer 0

@CHARACTER3 spot x y z
@CHARACTER3 moves to layer -1

&CHARACTER2 walks to spot x y z in s AND CHARACTER2 does it while idle
&CHARACTER3 walks to spot x y z in s AND CHARACTER3 does it while idle
&zoom on x y z to % in s
NARRATOR
Bla bla bla.

CHARACTER1 is the middle character (the one you want to zoom on)
CHARACTER2 the one that you want to move to the left
CHARACTER3 the one you want to move to the right

Let me know if it works.

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