# how to animate camera but still look around

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-animate-camera-but-still-look-around/286255>\
**Category:** Cinematics & Media\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [June 18, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-animate-camera-but-still-look-around/286255 "2014-06-18T21:12:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-animate-camera-but-still-look-around/286255/10 "2014-06-20T20:30:13Z")

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Hi treebykooba,

It seems you are wanting to just setup a player character. We have extensive documentation on this. Please take a look at the links below.

An overview for setting up a character.

> **[Setting Up a Character](https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/setting-up-a-character-in-unreal-engine/)**
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> A high-level overview of how to set up a basic character or Skeletal Mesh in Unreal Engine.

An in-depth video tutorial playlist for creating your own 3rd person character.

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