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Orthographic

An Orthographic lens uses parallel projection to view the scene: all lines parallel to each other appear parallel regardless of camera distance or position. An orthographic lens is most commonly found in CAD modelers and is not affected by perspective distortion, foreshortening, or parallax. This means that relative...

Last updated 3 August 2026

An Orthographic lens uses parallel projection to view the scene: all lines parallel to each other appear parallel regardless of camera distance or position. An orthographic lens is most commonly found in CAD modelers and is not affected by perspective distortion, foreshortening, or parallax. This means that relative distance in the realtime view is always accurate for any parallel or perpendicular lines.

Perspective orthographic ill

Camera List

The camera list at the top of the Camera tab contains all the cameras for the scene. In the camera list, the Free Camera is always available and cannot be locked or overwritten. It can always be selected and remains independent of camera animations.

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Cameras

The Camera tab controls the settings for all camera views in KeyShot Studio and allows you to set the active KeyShot Studio camera. It also allows you to save different camera views of your scene, which allows cameras to be re-used, modified, animated or used in Studios.

Cameras

Depth of Field

Depth of Field allows you to set the focus distance and the f-stop of the camera just like you would with a regular camera.

Cameras

Lens Settings

The various Lens Settings can be found in the Projects Window, under Camera tab > Lens Settings. The Lens types include:

Cameras

Navigating Your Scene

The following explains how to use your mouse to change the view of your camera. It’s important to realize that the mouse is moving the camera and not the model. In other words, when you use Left Mouse Button (LMB) to rotate, the camera is rotating around the model.

Cameras