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kevinbadi/blender-skills

crane-shot

Camera starts low and rises up to reveal the full product. Great for dramatic product reveals on a pedestal.

First seen Jun 15, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add kevinbadi/blender-skills --skill crane-shot
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Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 2,309 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 126 B

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  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 58 installs

SKILL.md

Crane Shot Camera Animation

Camera begins at a low angle looking up at the product, then smoothly rises to reveal the full product from above. Creates a dramatic unveiling effect.

When to Use

  • User wants a "reveal" or "unveil" shot
  • User says "crane", "rise up", "low to high", "dramatic reveal"
  • Product on a pedestal or platform

Parameters

Parameter Default Description
duration 5 Video length in seconds
fps 24 Frames per second
start_height -0.2 Starting height (below product level)
end_height 3.5 Ending height (above product)
start_distance 3.0 Starting distance
end_distance 4.0 Ending distance (pulls back as it rises)

Flow

Step 1: Set Up Camera

import bpy, math

bpy.ops.object.empty_add(type='PLAIN_AXES', location=(0, 0, 0.05))
tgt = bpy.context.active_object
tgt.name = 'CraneTarget'

bpy.ops.object.camera_add(location=(1.0, -START_DISTANCE, START_HEIGHT))
cam = bpy.context.active_object
cam.name = 'CraneCam'
cam.data.lens = 45

trk = cam.constraints.new(type='TRACK_TO')
trk.target = tgt
trk.track_axis = 'TRACK_NEGATIVE_Z'
trk.up_axis = 'UP_Y'

bpy.context.scene.camera = cam

Step 2: Animate Crane Movement

TOTAL_FRAMES = DURATION * FPS

scene = bpy.context.scene
scene.frame_start = 1
scene.frame_end = TOTAL_FRAMES
scene.render.fps = FPS

# Start low
cam.location = (1.0, -START_DISTANCE, START_HEIGHT)
cam.keyframe_insert(data_path='location', frame=1)
cam.data.lens = 45
cam.data.keyframe_insert(data_path='lens', frame=1)

# Rise up and pull back
cam.location = (1.5, -END_DISTANCE, END_HEIGHT)
cam.keyframe_insert(data_path='location', frame=TOTAL_FRAMES)
cam.data.lens = 35
cam.data.keyframe_insert(data_path='lens', frame=TOTAL_FRAMES)

# BEZIER for smooth crane motion

Step 3: Render + Encode

Same pipeline — Cycles, PNG sequence, ffmpeg ProRes 4444.

ffmpeg -y -framerate 24 \
  -i "~/Desktop/Blender Videos/crane_frames/%04d.png" \
  -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 4444 -pix_fmt yuva444p10le \
  "~/Desktop/Blender Videos/crane_shot.mov"