VS9 Video Pan & Zoom Filter

Ray Musicbear · Post by **Ray Musicbear** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:03 pm

Has anyone tried using the new VS9 video pan & zoom filter?

I was especially excited that this feature, as well as Ripple
Editing was added to VS9.

Any comments on the pan & zoom filter from those who have
tired using it?

Thanks!

jdubya · Post by **jdubya** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:29 pm

Hi,
I tried it today.I thought it made the video a little blurry.Could have been the supplied clip though.

randazzo · Post by **randazzo** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:56 pm

I find the Pan & Zoom option in VS8 complete unusuable because of the blurring. Only for pictures though.

I have no expectations for the Panning and Zooming in VS9. Have you ever used the cropping filter with different dimensions? It's in fact panning & zooming. Watching the jumping in the video-stream gives you a headache.

Jean-Pierre

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:02 pm

I've used the Pan & Zoom effect in VS8 with stills without experiencing any blurring. There's a sample here.

jday · Post by **jday** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:51 pm

I have already upgraded and installed version 9 but haven't worked with the pan and zoom yet. My question is to those who talk about it being blurry. Are you basing that on the preview window or after rendering and authoring?

The reason I ask is that I used it extensively on version 8 without any problems.

jdubya · Post by **jdubya** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:52 pm

In my case I only used the preview window in v9, but it was blurry on video.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:23 am

The Preview window will ALWAYS be blurry -- don't use it to judge the final output.

randazzo · Post by **randazzo** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:32 am

Hm....interesting.

My experience is on the TV screen. The preview window is gives only an impression at low quality. When I receive my VS9 version I will give it once a try.

Jean-Pierre

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:10 am

One nice thing that was added in UVS9 in the Share tab was a Project Preview -- it will finally perform a preview using the project properties, so rather than having to watch your video using the arbitrarily sized Preview window, you now get to see it as a 720x480 window with nothing else on the screen, for example.

Gra · Post by **Gra** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:57 am

Hi guys

What actually is Ripple Editing that I keep seeing in various posts?

Regards.
Gra

WaxonWaxov · Post by **WaxonWaxov** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:22 pm

so video pan and zoom is only a VS9 thing?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:10 pm

Gra -- essentially, ripple editing means that when you do some editing in the timeline, cutting or adding things, the other elements (e.g. audio, titles) will take account of the changes and stay coordinated (I hesitate to use the word synchronised) with them. In other words, the 'bad old days' of having to remember to move titles etc up and down the timeline after other editing to keep them where they were supposed to be linked, are now gone.

And Waxonwaxov, yes -- video pan and zoom is limited to VS 9 (and apparently only the full version of it).

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:46 pm

Ken Berry wrote:And Waxonwaxov, yes -- video pan and zoom is limited to VS 9 (and apparently only the full version of it).

I haven't seen anything anywhere that says that the SE versions don't have Video Pan & Zoom. All I know is that AC-3 Dolby is optional for the SE versions:

http://www.ulead.com/vs/compare3.htm

Gra · Post by **Gra** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:55 pm

Thanks, Ken, for the definition of Ripple editing. Does that mean you have VS9 now? If so are you finding it a bug filled challenge like some of the other posts are saying or are you planning to see a few fixes launched first? I'd like to hear your views/ experience because Ripple Editing together with video pan & zoom are something I'm looking forward to using.

regards.
Gra

WaxonWaxov · Post by **WaxonWaxov** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:29 pm

I just reveiwed the VS9 manual (in pdf format downlaoded from ulead.com) and it says nothing about "video pan and zoom"

It only talks about pan and zoom for still images.

So does VS9 allow you to pan and zoom over a VIDEO clip (as opposed to a still image) or not?

The ONLY reson I'm considering upgrading to VS9 is to get VIDEO pan and zoom.