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# Set up Timeline with Cinemachine Cameras
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Set up [Timeline in a Cinemachine environment](concept-timeline.md) to choreograph Cinemachine Cameras and produce a predictable shot sequence:
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* Prepare multiple Cinemachine Cameras to support the various shots,
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* Prepare a Timeline, create a Cinemachine Track, and add Cinemachine Shot Clips, and
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* Manage camera cuts and blends.
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## Prepare the Cinemachine Cameras
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1. In the Hierarchy, create a few [static](setup-cinemachine-environment.md) or [procedural](setup-procedural-behavior.md) Cinemachine Cameras with different properties according to the shots you want to get.
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2. Name the Cinemachine Cameras in a way you can easily identify them in the future.
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## Prepare the Timeline
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1. Create an empty GameObject in your Scene: from the Editor's menu, select **GameObject** > **Create Empty**.
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2. Give this empty GameObject a descriptive name, for example, "My Timeline".
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3. Open the [Timeline](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.timeline@latest) window if it's not already open, and **Create** a Timeline Asset and instance for "My Timeline" GameObject.
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4. Click the padlock button to lock the Timeline window and make it easier to add and adjust tracks.
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5. If needed, add tracks that control the subjects of your Scene. For example, add an Animation track to animate your main character.
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## Create a Cinemachine Track with Cinemachine Shot Clips
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1. From the Hierarchy, drag the Unity Camera GameObject that includes a Cinemachine Brain component onto the Timeline Editor, then select **Create Cinemachine Track**.
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Unity adds a Cinemachine Track targeting the Unity Camera in Timeline.
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2. From the Hierarchy, drag a first Cinemachine Camera GameObject onto the added Cinemachine Track.
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Unity adds to the Cinemachine Track a Cinemachine Shot Clip targeting the Cinemachine Camera you selected.
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3. Repeat the previous step as many times as needed with other Cinemachine Cameras to get additional Cinemachine Shot Clips in the Cinemachine Track.
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> [!NOTE]
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> You can reuse the same Cinemachine Camera several times in separate Cinemachine Shot Clips placed at different times in the Cinemachine Track.
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4. Adjust the order and duration of Cinemachine Shot Clips according to the desired shot sequence.
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## Create camera cuts
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To produce a camera [cut](concept-camera-control-transitions.md#cuts) between two shots:
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* Place the two Cinemachine Shot Clips or edit their boundaries so that the clips stick to each other without overlapping.
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## Create camera blends
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To make the Cinemachine Cameras [blend](concept-camera-control-transitions.md#blends) their properties between two shots:
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* Move the two Cinemachine Shot Clips or edit their boundaries so that the clips overlap.
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The resulting overlap area defines the blend duration.
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