[SOLVED] Camera > Ortho Height lerp smooth

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Hello,

I have camera with Orthographic Projection. And i am looking way to Smooth out Ortho Height.
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I have set camera on car in side view. And i am handling ortho height according to speed of the car. But when car hit obstacle the ortho height change suddenly. Here is the code…

var speed = this.car.script.vehicle.speed;
this.entity.camera.orthoHeight = pc.math.clamp(this.camOrthoHeight + (Math.abs(speed)/50), 6, 9) ;

[Reference Unity] https://forum.unity.com/threads/2d-orthographic-smooth-zoom.312161/

Is there any way to smooth out camera Ortho Height in PlayCanvas?

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Hi @Ketan_ATA,

I think in this case to properly smooth out this you need to take into account the dt between the frames and use a target & current ortho height values, lerping between the two.

Do you have a sample project for this to give it a try?

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This issue has been resolved in private messages, @Ketan_ATA will be kind enough to post the solution.

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@Leonidas Thank you very much! :love_you_gesture:t2:

I am posting code snippet here:

var Follow = pc.createScript('follow');


Follow.prototype.initialize = function() {
    
    this.camOrthoHeight = 6;
    this.entity.camera.orthoHeight = this.camOrthoHeight;
        
    this.orthoAnimationSpeed = 5;
    this.currentOrthoHeight = this.entity.camera.orthoHeight;
    this.targetOrthoHeight = this.entity.camera.orthoHeight;
    
};

Follow.prototype.postUpdate = function(dt) {
    
    this.targetOrthoHeight = pc.math.clamp(this.camOrthoHeight + (Math.abs(speed)/50), 6, 9) ;
    this.currentOrthoHeight = pc.math.lerp(this.currentOrthoHeight, this.targetOrthoHeight, this.orthoAnimationSpeed * dt);
    this.entity.camera.orthoHeight = this.currentOrthoHeight;
    
};
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