animated camera correction doesn't work??

[dynaman]

has anyone ever run into this problem before??
i add perspective correction to my animated camera. at first it will render fine. but at some point along the way, max somehow ignores / forgets the camera correction and the frames no longer render correctly.
i have had this problem on a number of projects and the only way i have been able to fix it is to delete the correction modifier, and apply a new one, going through the animation settings all over again. in the end we have always had to abandon the camera correction in animation because it is too risky when it gets close to a deadline - you can't have max "forgetting" it halfway through your frames.
i don't suppose anyone has discovered some other work around?

[Tim Nelson]

Ahhhhhhhhhh, yes. Happened to me too. And you know what I discovered after rendering and re-rendering and rendering some more? If you have your cameras hidden thats when Max decides to toss your camera correction out the window. So when you send your jobs to render, make sure the cameras are unhidden and hopefully that will clear up the problem.

[ITryMyBest]

make sure you are animating the camera correction also. when you first apply camera correction it is only applied to that frame. since the camera is animated, you may need to add new keys for the correction modifier as well.

[dynaman]

tim - i will definitely give that a try. thanks so much! i thought maybe i was just nutso. i'll post back my results after trying this.

itmb, yup - i got the key frames in there.

[dynaman]

OMG! dude - you rock. the hidden / unhidden camera thing is totally it. thanks - you made my day!
-mark

[Tim Nelson]

Awesome. Glad I could be of some help.

[Chad Warner]

I was having the exact same problem. Good to know!

[slangford]

THANK YOU!!!
I have a deadline in two days and I was about to shoot myself in the head b/c I couldnt figure out the problem with the camera correction. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

_slangford

[leotchest]

Awesome Tim - I am another very grateful Max user who was looking for an answer to this stupid problem. Bless your cotton socks !