Virtual cameras and priority
Place shots throughout the scene, switch them by priority, and isolate independent outputs with channel masks.
- Smart standby updates
- 2D and 3D brains
- Split-screen channels
Open-source camera direction for Godot 4
Put the camera
in the story.
Compose virtual cameras, gameplay-ready rigs, cinematic transitions, and shot logic without turning your camera controller into a monolith.
4pipeline stages
30+camera building blocks
10interactive demo scenes
1real output camera
Camera systems should scale with the game
Author shots.
Not edge cases.
Most camera controllers begin as a follow script and end as a web of special cases. Cameraman separates shot selection from shot behavior, so each rig stays understandable as your game grows.
Add virtual cameras wherever the scene needs a point of view. Give each one only the follow, aim, collision, framing, noise, or lens behavior it needs. A brain chooses the right shot and blends the result into Godot's real camera.
A complete camera toolbox
Small parts.
Big camera language.
Start with a preset, then tune or replace individual behaviors as the shot demands.
Gameplay-ready rigs
Follow, orbit, free-look, third-person, dolly, and compose targets with damping that stays responsive.
Cinematic blending
Interpolate position, orientation, lens settings, corrections, and custom blendables with shot-specific rules.
Constraints and framing
Keep the camera inside 2D or 3D volumes, resolve occlusion, avoid obstacles, and frame groups of subjects.
Direction, sequencing, and impact
Build ClearShot, state-driven, mixed, and sequenced cameras. Add impulse reactions and procedural shake when the moment lands.
- Weighted shot sequences
- Camera managers
- Impulse propagation
Predictable by design
A pipeline you can reason about.
Each virtual camera evaluates the same four-stage flow. Components own one job; extensions can constrain or refine the state around the pipeline. The result is modular without becoming mysterious.
Explore the source architecture ↗- 01BodyFollow · Orbit · Dolly
Place and move the camera.
- 02AimLook · Frame · Pan/Tilt
Orient and compose the subject.
- 03NoisePerlin · Impulse · Shake
Add controlled procedural motion.
- 04FinalizeConfine · Deocclude · Recompose
Constrain and polish the result.
Runs in your browser
Take every rig for a spin.
The live Godot WebGL build includes the full demo browser: a game-scale third-person level, free look, a 2D platformer, dolly, ClearShot, split screen, impulse, sequencing, and state-driven shots.
Interactive Godot demo
Ready when you are.
The WebGL build is downloaded only after you start it.Open by default
MIT licensed.
Built in the open.
Use Cameraman in personal, commercial, and open-source Godot projects. Read the implementation, adapt the rigs, and contribute improvements upstream.