Applying Pan & Zoom to Several Imnages at Once

astrovideo · Post by **astrovideo** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:16 pm

Is there a way to apply pan & zoom to multiple images at once? I tried shift-click to select the images (ctrl-click wouldn't work), but when the multiple images are selected, the Image Properties Panel (the one with pan & zoom) dissapears.

Thanks.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:19 pm

What version are you using? I believe v11 allows you to do this. Previouse versions do not.

astrovideo · Post by **astrovideo** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:21 pm

Sorry, I forgot to mention that. I am using v10.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:21 pm

If there was it wouldn't be practical.
To use Pan and Zoom effectively requires that YOU decide where you wish to start and finish plus the amount of zoom. This will differ for each individual clip.

Here is an example video involving pan and zoom
Google Earth style travel map

This other video includes lots of pan and zoom effects:
Telford

david_k_jordan · Post by **david_k_jordan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:38 am

I think I disagree about the practicality (sp). If I had a 500 deck of slides to go through that I wanted to create...going through each of the 500 to add a pan and zoom effect would be tiresome and tedious. I would think that if I wanted to apply the same pan and zoom path (say for example, from top to bottom diagonally, I could do so too all of the images in the deck...you cannot do this in VS 11.x, I have tried. I highlight multiple images, then go to the video filter are, or try to use "pan and zoom" and it will not let me apply this feature to multiple images at once. I guess my main point is...I am not creating a mass purchase documentary, I just want to view an image deck of the family at the zoo.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:48 am

david_k_jordan wrote:I think I disagree about the practicality......

So how does the computer decide the point of interest in YOUR photo for you? - perhaps it is always in the middle?

Here is a sample video to highlight what I mean.
Telford

david_k_jordan · Post by **david_k_jordan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:51 am

Absolutely! I would be OK with this...but unfortunately I am not allowed to do this.

woodchuck · Post by **woodchuck** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:33 am

David,

If I have many images to apply Pan and Zoom I use the MovieWizard. This will apply pan and zoom to all images and (for the most part) the result is good. I can tweak the few that might not be to my liking. This is a great time saver. If you have not used the Movie Wizard, you will find it under tools. This should also apply to VS10.

tt2ride · Post by **tt2ride** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:57 am

I agree with Woodchuck. I had the same problem and someone from this forum suggested that I use MovieWizard. It works! It also has the smart Pan&zoom feature and so far I haev not had to change any. It works for both portrait and landscape picture orientation. AT the end of MovieWizard, just select to continue with Studio Editing. Good luck!

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:01 pm

It also has the smart Pan&zoom feature

Ahhh, that's what I was thinking of.

WestbrookNH · Post by **WestbrookNH** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:44 am

tt2ride wrote:I agree with Woodchuck. I had the same problem and someone from this forum suggested that I use MovieWizard. It works! It also has the smart Pan&zoom feature and so far I haev not had to change any. It works for both portrait and landscape picture orientation. AT the end of MovieWizard, just select to continue with Studio Editing. Good luck!

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I haven't been able to figure out how to use Movie Wizard to do this.

When I inserted an existing VSP slideshop project consisting of only still photos, it inserted it as a video.

Do I have to enter all the photos into Movie Wizard one at a time?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:48 am

WestbrookNH wrote:..........
When I inserted an existing VSP slide show project consisting of only still photos, it inserted it as a video.

Do I have to enter all the photos into Movie Wizard one at a time?

Please view:
What is a project file?

WestbrookNH · Post by **WestbrookNH** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:59 am

sjj1805 wrote:
WestbrookNH wrote:..........
When I inserted an existing VSP slide show project consisting of only still photos, it inserted it as a video.

Do I have to enter all the photos into Movie Wizard one at a time?
Please view:
What is a project file?

Steve,

I understand that the VSP is just a script, but the MovieWizard parses the VSP script as an integral movie clip, rather than to insert the individual visual elements (photos, in this case) in the MovieWizard timeline.

The question remains, Must I insert the photos individually into the MovieWizard timeline in order to accomplish the bulk zoom and pan?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:02 am

VideoStudio treats a VSP as if it was a rendered Video (in other words the editing decisions had been implemented) so inserting a VSP is like inserting a video. The answer is that you must insert the slides individually.

WestbrookNH · Post by **WestbrookNH** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:32 am

sjj1805 wrote:VideoStudio treats a VSP as if it was a rendered Video (in other words the editing decisions had been implemented) so inserting a VSP is like inserting a video. The answer is that you must insert the slides individually.

Ah! That was the answer to my question.

Not the answer I wanted, but I kind of suspected that to be the case.