Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I show how you can "draw outside the camera", by understanding the size of the camera and the size of the levels.

Contents
00:00 Draw outside the camera - quick answer
00:49 Vector levels can be drawn on outside the camera
01:11 The camera size
02:17 Drawing in a new "default" level & setting them up
03:16 Choose larger raster levels
05:45 Change the level size AFTER it's been created
07:08 Change the camera size
07:37 Ending

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