Hello,
I am new to video editing, and have just purchased Video Studio 10. I researched before my purchase and found vague references to panning and zooming in your feature lists. I noticed the product's awards and positive reviews so I went ahead and bought it. But now that I have the program, it appears that this refers to STILL images only.
When creating a DVD from various DV clips, it would seem a common requirement to be able to highlight a portion of a scene by zooming in on it. Is there no way to pan and zoom video clips? If so, could you advise me on how to do it?
I certainly expected the program to perform this function. Is there something else I need to add to be able to do this?
Thanks in advance for you assistance with this request.
Joe
Pan and Zoom for video?
Moderator: Ken Berry
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RussB
You'll set up the clip in which you want to execute the Pan/Zoom. Then highlight that clip (in storyboard, for example) and click on the "Attribute" tab.
Drag the "Video Pan and Zoom" filter to the storyboard clip icon. There is a default pre-set that you may want to adjust using the "Customize Filter" button.
In this prticular filter, you will find that there are two "key frames" already. You may add more and/or adjust the settings for them (e.g. zoom ratios, transparancy, and anchors).
You can preview the action right in this gadget by pressing the play button. You can see the action progress faster than normal by setting the "Play Speed" - this just facilitates the editing preview and does not affect the overall outcome after putting the filter in place.
I hope this gets you started. You will like Video Studio.
Drag the "Video Pan and Zoom" filter to the storyboard clip icon. There is a default pre-set that you may want to adjust using the "Customize Filter" button.
In this prticular filter, you will find that there are two "key frames" already. You may add more and/or adjust the settings for them (e.g. zoom ratios, transparancy, and anchors).
You can preview the action right in this gadget by pressing the play button. You can see the action progress faster than normal by setting the "Play Speed" - this just facilitates the editing preview and does not affect the overall outcome after putting the filter in place.
I hope this gets you started. You will like Video Studio.
The Pan/zoom fucntion in the attributes tab is indeed accessible for pictures only.
However under the filters section you will find a pan/zoom filter that you can apply to video.
Pay attention though that a video as opposed to a picture is already displayed at its original size, so if you enlarge it you will not reveal any more details and will only create artifacts (distortion and then blocks "pixellation"). It is usually intended to hide an unwanted part of the footage.
Except of course if you use HD video and intend to display on standard sets.
You can also use the Distort function to enlarge and move any clip by dragging the corners.
However under the filters section you will find a pan/zoom filter that you can apply to video.
Pay attention though that a video as opposed to a picture is already displayed at its original size, so if you enlarge it you will not reveal any more details and will only create artifacts (distortion and then blocks "pixellation"). It is usually intended to hide an unwanted part of the footage.
Except of course if you use HD video and intend to display on standard sets.
You can also use the Distort function to enlarge and move any clip by dragging the corners.
This my understanding of it.
I have been proven wrong on several occasions in my life. It's not going to improve.
I have been proven wrong on several occasions in my life. It's not going to improve.