I'm working on a task that requires me to render 2D images of a 3D object from various angles.I've managed to write a script to move the camera around and render the images along with that. What I wanted to add was that the light object should be a fixed distance from the camera and should have a similar orientation as that of the camera(i.e the direction should be the same as the camera's optical axis). Is there any way in Blender to do this?
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Use constraints. On the light object use a "Child of" constraint using the Camera as target.
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1$\begingroup$ Constraints will give you more options to choose from. I'm not sure exactly if the OP means with the Optical axis requirement. $\endgroup$– PullupJun 3 '20 at 18:54
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$\begingroup$ sorry for the misunderstanding. Yes, parenting would work as well. $\endgroup$– PullupJun 3 '20 at 18:56
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$\begingroup$ @Pullup I did try this, but I can't set the distance between the light source and the camera. I want it to be specifically a fixed distance, which I set along with the orientation. What I meant regarding the Optical axis was that the point source must be facing in the same direction as that of the camera $\endgroup$– croninJun 3 '20 at 19:09