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Thanks for the feedback, let-fall.

To see how much parts of the scene slow down the scene redraw, go to Attribute Manager> Mode> Viewsettings> HUD> FPS.
This will provide a little entry in your editor-view while the play head is moving.

Please let me know the frame range where it is not to your liking. That was not clear in your drawing, which I appreciated having, BTW. Thank you!

For blocking the camera, it is often better to have a "Stand In", like a cube or capsule, animated similarly.

Speeding up a camera with position and rotation in it means you might lose the target out of sight. You could have a Target (perhaps with an Up Vector) Null animated close to your character to prevent that. With that, your precise animation path (position only, switch off all rotation tracks of the camera) can so be easily adjusted with a Time Track.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2023/en-us/Default.htm#html/10834.html

Another point that needs to be considered is the change of field of view, which is often used by complex shoots; If the camera motion is sped up, that might go out of sync.

Which is a straight line from 0 to 100% to have nothing changed. But if you set it up like an S-Curve, the more vertical part speeds up the camera, and the Target keeps the Object. Again that will not work if Position and Rotation are sped up simultaneously.
(As a side note, that is also a theme in next month's ASC [American Society of Cinematographers] magazine, the article about John Dykstra. There, the motion/motor-based camera.)

All the best

Hi background-permit,

Please look here, even though I think I should be more straightforward. The Dilate-Erode from Volume is unavailable in Fog, so I used the Thicken Object. The more I place into it, the more it feels like a hack, making me think about starting over. But perhaps that works for you. Let me know

I have placed a Copy of the original and set it to pale blue and X-Ray for comparison.

https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2023_PROJECTS_DRS/20230605_CV4_2023_drs_23_MOvd_12c4d.zip

My best wishes for your project

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Thanks a lot for the feedback, octomber!

Yes, there are certainly a lot of tiny little tricks that need to be shared. Having done the timestamps for the past 11 episodes for the Hands On Character show, I believe we can quickly fill a third season with tips and tricks while going deeper into the tech. But I fear those solutions are more interesting when needed during a project, not presented in a more extended series.
With that being said, I hope to fill those gaps that are naturally left and learn from everyone's questions I got over the past nearly two decades.

My best wishes for your project.