---
title: SKCameraNode
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: spritekit/skcameranode
---

# SKCameraNode

A node that determines which parts of the scene are visible within a view.

## Declaration

```swift
class SKCameraNode
```

## Mentioned in

Positioning a Scene’s Origin Within its View Using Base Nodes to Lay Out SpriteKit Content

## Overview

Overview If you don’t use a camera in your scene, you control the visible portion of a scene using its anchorPoint property.

## Topics

### First Steps

- [Getting Started with a Camera](spritekit/getting-started-with-a-camera.md)

### Node Visibility

- [containedNodeSet()](spritekit/skcameranode/containednodeset().md)
- [contains(_:)](spritekit/skcameranode/contains(_:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [SKNode](spritekit/sknode.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSSecureCoding](foundation/nssecurecoding.md)
- [NSStandardKeyBindingResponding](appkit/nsstandardkeybindingresponding.md)
- [NSTouchBarProvider](appkit/nstouchbarprovider.md)
- [NSUserActivityRestoring](appkit/nsuseractivityrestoring.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [UIActivityItemsConfigurationProviding](uikit/uiactivityitemsconfigurationproviding.md)
- [UICoordinateSpace](uikit/uicoordinatespace.md)
- [UIFocusEnvironment](uikit/uifocusenvironment.md)
- [UIFocusItem](uikit/uifocusitem.md)
- [UIFocusItemContainer](uikit/uifocusitemcontainer.md)
- [UIPasteConfigurationSupporting](uikit/uipasteconfigurationsupporting.md)
- [UIResponderStandardEditActions](uikit/uiresponderstandardeditactions.md)
- [UIUserActivityRestoring](uikit/uiuseractivityrestoring.md)

## See Also

### Base Nodes

- [Using Base Nodes to Lay Out SpriteKit Content](spritekit/using-base-nodes-to-lay-out-spritekit-content.md)
- [SKNode](spritekit/sknode.md)
- [SKReferenceNode](spritekit/skreferencenode.md)