Slow Rotational Panning Camera Shot like in Matt Wagner's Videos Possible?

[CommandT]

Hi all, I asked this a long time ago already but nobody seemed to have an answer so I thought I would try again. Does anyone know how you could replicate this very slow rotational/ panning shot like Matt Wagner used to do in his videos?

The same as in the start of this video here: 

Many thanks!

[NoJoy]

Try right Strg+F2, for zooming and panning your view with w,a,s,d and mouse for rotation. Guess that's what you mean

Cheers

Edited July 31 by NoJoy

[Nealius]

What's strg?

[NoJoy]

Sorry german keyboard layout *sigh*, its control right for you english friends! Adding shift with right control+F2 for slow panning and zooming 

[CommandT]

On 7/31/2025 at 6:18 AM, NoJoy said:

Try right Strg+F2, for zooming and panning your view with w,a,s,d and mouse for rotation. Guess that's what you mean

Cheers

Thank you for the suggestion but this is not what I was looking for. That's just the same as the F4 view which allows you to freely move around an object. As you can tell from the video above, the slow panning/ rotational shot that keeps the aircraft centered is completely different.

Another question I have is whether it's possible to have a super slow translational movement of the camera with the mouse wheel in free view mode - atm one scroll movement of the mouse wheel up or down results in a translational movement of the camera forward or backwards but at a much higher rate than I would ideally like for a cinematic close-up shot, and I cannot find any way of reducing these mouse wheel increments to have a slower translational movement  

[Ironhand]

2 hours ago, CommandT said:

…As you can tell from the video above, the slow panning/ rotational shot that keeps the aircraft centered is completely different…

That’s because it’s not being panned the way you think it is. He’s using the F2 view as he slowly changes the heading of the helo. The helo stays centered, while the directional change pans the view.

[CommandT]

1 hour ago, Ironhand said:

That’s because it’s not being panned the way you think it is. He’s using the F2 view as he slowly changes the heading of the helo. The helo stays centered, while the directional change pans the view.

He isn't. Look at the beginning of this video:
 

 

[Kang]

The truth is that Wags has an assistant who moves the mouse very slowly and smoothly.

[GrafRotz]

truth is, they have other abilities, than we have.

e.G. B-52 low level flyby a carrier as seen in 2023 and beyond.

Impossible to recreate, as the AI does not fly lower than 300 feet. As far as I could find out.

[Ironhand]

On 8/20/2025 at 11:26 AM, CommandT said:

He isn't. Look at the beginning of this video:
 

Is this what you have in mind? I did it very slow. Hopefully not so slow that you don’t notice it.

There are two commands to slow the motion down. “LCtrl-]” slows down the slew speed of the keyboard, while “LCtrl-[“ slows it down if slewing with the mouse. I find the mouse works best for me. OTOH, if you have a spare controller laying around and want to dedicate it solely to external views, that would probably give you the most control.

[CommandT]

2 hours ago, Ironhand said:

Is this what you have in mind? I did it very slow. Hopefully not so slow that you don’t notice it.

There are two commands to slow the motion down. “LCtrl-]” slows down the slew speed of the keyboard, while “LCtrl-[“ slows it down if slewing with the mouse. I find the mouse works best for me. OTOH, if you have a spare controller laying around and want to dedicate it solely to external views, that would probably give you the most control.

It's definitely not a mouse job - just as your video demonstrates the movement is relatively jerky. Wags clearly uses something else. If you use slow rate for keyboard it still slews about 10 times faster than what it needed for a smooth, slow cinematic shot. And with the mouse it's just a none starter. You can't have a perfectly smooth angular rotation with the mouse. 

Appreciate your efforts but the result is definitely not the same.

7 hours ago, GrafRotz said:

truth is, they have other abilities, than we have.

e.G. B-52 low level flyby a carrier as seen in 2023 and beyond.

Impossible to recreate, as the AI does not fly lower than 300 feet. As far as I could find out.

Yeah with regards to the AI and graphical features very true. It's just strange that the camera views are unique as well. Though Wags hasn't actually used that slow rotating shot for a very long time now in his videos. 

[Ironhand]

I was simply trying to help you figure the steps out, not hand you the answer on a silver platter. If I ever spend the time to have one, I’ll be in touch.