My installation of VS9 has worked well and so now I'm trying to consciously follow the "ain't broke -- don't fix" rule which violating in the past has brought me so much grief about.
VS9 is so much easier to use than VS8 was, that I'm just going to coast along on that. Also I don't like hearing about the changes to Pan&Zoom etc.
If it ain't broke, . . .
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Steve --
Another post said the "middle" spot had been removed from Pan&Zoom. I would rarely drag a preset animation but would fashion my own, on my stills, often extending the still for many seconds because properly done, a pan&zoom can seem like superbly smooth video.
Perhaps the person who posted was wrong.
I don't understand the "anchor" idea mention in the manual. Does VS10+ include the ability to set several mid-points in a pan&zoom?
Another post said the "middle" spot had been removed from Pan&Zoom. I would rarely drag a preset animation but would fashion my own, on my stills, often extending the still for many seconds because properly done, a pan&zoom can seem like superbly smooth video.
Perhaps the person who posted was wrong.
I don't understand the "anchor" idea mention in the manual. Does VS10+ include the ability to set several mid-points in a pan&zoom?
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You have freedom of choice.
The easy way is to set as many or as few keyframes you wish.
Then you can either use the OXO style anchor points shown at the bottom right of the dialog box, or do it manually and drag the crosshairs to wherever you want the focus to be, plus you can alter the zoom slider at each keyframe.
I'm busy working my way through VS10+ whilst creating a tutorial
"From camcorder to DVD" so had to do a check on the pan and zoom when I saw your post and the one in the other topic. As far as I can see the pan and zoom - also popularly called the Ken Burns effect, is identical to VS9 but I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows differently.
The easy way is to set as many or as few keyframes you wish.
Then you can either use the OXO style anchor points shown at the bottom right of the dialog box, or do it manually and drag the crosshairs to wherever you want the focus to be, plus you can alter the zoom slider at each keyframe.
I'm busy working my way through VS10+ whilst creating a tutorial
"From camcorder to DVD" so had to do a check on the pan and zoom when I saw your post and the one in the other topic. As far as I can see the pan and zoom - also popularly called the Ken Burns effect, is identical to VS9 but I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows differently.
Kebrington:
You shouldn't read that as removing the middle spot, but introducing an unlimited number of intermediate spots.
It's just the same thing you could do with MediaStudio or in Cool3D, any frame can be a place to change the position or zoom factor, not only the first, middle and last frame.
Adding the choice between linear and logarithmic movement increases even more the possibilities of the Ken Burns effect.
If in doubt, just download the trial version or even only the PDF doc file.
You shouldn't read that as removing the middle spot, but introducing an unlimited number of intermediate spots.
It's just the same thing you could do with MediaStudio or in Cool3D, any frame can be a place to change the position or zoom factor, not only the first, middle and last frame.
Adding the choice between linear and logarithmic movement increases even more the possibilities of the Ken Burns effect.
If in doubt, just download the trial version or even only the PDF doc file.