--- title: Free Blender Tool For Dolly Zoom Camera Effect | daily.dev description: A free Blender extension called Dolly Zoom brings the Hitchcock, Vertigo, or Jaws camera effect to the 3D viewport and cameras. It adjusts focal length while... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-tool-for-dolly-zoom-camera-effect-mligdzkso twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Free Blender Tool For Dolly Zoom Camera Effect | daily.dev og:description: A free Blender extension called Dolly Zoom brings the Hitchcock, Vertigo, or Jaws camera effect to the 3D viewport and cameras. It adjusts focal length while... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-tool-for-dolly-zoom-camera-effect-mligdzkso og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mLIgDZkSo.png og:image:alt: Free Blender Tool For Dolly Zoom Camera Effect og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Free Blender Tool For Dolly Zoom Camera Effect **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A free Blender extension called Dolly Zoom brings the Hitchcock, Vertigo, or Jaws camera effect to the 3D viewport and cameras. It adjusts focal length while moving the viewport or camera along the Z-axis, keeping objects around the 3D cursor the same apparent size. Animating the effect requires keyframing focal length and camera position separately, since the Dolly Zoom property itself can't be keyframed. It works on Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, and is available free from the Blender extensions platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is there a free Blender add-on that does the dolly zoom effect? Yes, a free extension called Dolly Zoom, made by Surf-Ace, adds this effect (also known as the Hitchcock, Vertigo, or Jaws effect) to both the 3D viewport and cameras. It uses a single property that adjusts focal length while moving the camera along the Z-axis, keeping objects near the 3D cursor the same apparent size. It works on Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. _Anyone building camera moves in Blender can track new free add-ons like this one on daily.dev._ ### Can I keyframe the dolly zoom effect in Blender to animate it? Not directly. The Dolly Zoom property in the Surf-Ace extension cannot itself be keyframed, so animating the effect requires keyframing the focal length and camera position separately to recreate the same visual result over time. _Developers scripting camera rigs in Blender can follow workflow tips like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Dynamic Dolly Camera Rig For 3D Anime Girl Character Animation](https://daily.dev/posts/dynamic-dolly-camera-rig-for-3d-anime-girl-character-animation-vj1ymo7o2) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Perfect FOV Without Manually Adjusting Your Rig In Blender](https://daily.dev/posts/perfect-fov-without-manually-adjusting-your-rig-in-blender-vpnn8p17t) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Speed Up Blender Animation With This Free Tool](https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-blender-animation-with-this-free-tool-8n4mc0ims) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Control Blender Camera Using Your Phone with This Add-On](https://daily.dev/posts/control-blender-camera-using-your-phone-with-this-add-on-1kyxhf154) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-tool-for-dolly-zoom-camera-effect-mligdzkso) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Free Blender Tool For Dolly Zoom Camera Effect","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-tool-for-dolly-zoom-camera-effect-mligdzkso","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-blender-tool-for-dolly-zoom-camera-effect-mligdzkso"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T17:43:06.448Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T17:52:10.905Z","description":"A free Blender extension called Dolly Zoom brings the Hitchcock, Vertigo, or Jaws camera effect to the 3D viewport and cameras. 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