How would I move a 3d point away / toward the camera - but have its position locked on a particular screen x y coordinate?
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make Z as a variable, Z increases - the object decreases (moves away) and vice versa.
i need to slide points along z to create an illusion of a 3d point cloud… this is based on a greyscale image input - where the brighter the pixel, the closer it is to the camera…
once i move the points in z though - the camera fov changes their x y positions as you look head on - i need to fix this - these images show it better
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You might try ortho() to remove perspective
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that does work - but the results are too strong - everything looks very boxed…
i’m working on a solution using vector math to raycast to the points and work out a z translation based on the camera
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Create a 3-D line from the camera eye point to your 3-D point. You can move points anywhere along that line and they should project onto the same screen point.
Q = E + (P - E) * t
At t = 0, you’re at the camera. At t = 1, you’re at your original point. Any other value of t moves the new point closer or further away.
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yes that looks like it’s working for me! - i had been trying something similar with vector math - but didn’t add the E … was just using (P - E) * t
will try on my project and get back to close the thread if it works - thanks…