pan and zoom

[joans]

Hi,
I would like to use the pan and zoom for my slideshow, but many pictures pan straight across the screen horizontally and a big chunk of the top and bottom get cut off. I am not referring to tv safe area -- this happens in the little preview window. I wish that wouldn't happen because I want to use the panning feature. I noticed there was an area to do custom pan and zoom but I am confused by it -- are there any tutorials on that part? I didn't find any info in the help file.

Thanks much!
joan

[teknisyan]

If you are using DVD MF 7, here some steps from the User's manual..

adding a photo slideshow to adding some features to your slideshow including pan and zoom.

Adding photo slideshows
Aside from video files, you can also add photo slideshows complete with multiple
background music or sound annotations, as well as transition and pan & zoom
effects.
To add a slideshow:
1. Click Add Slideshow in the 1 Add Media page.
2. The Add Slideshow dialog box opens.
Note: To add image folders and subfolders by group, select Batch Collect.
3. Locate the folder that contains your image files in the Add SlideShow dialog
box and select the images to include. Use [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple
images.
4. Click Add Photo. Repeat step 3 to add more images.
Tip: Click Add All to include all the photos in the current folder.
5. Add a slideshow title, background music, transition effect, and other
enhancements as needed.
6. Click Preview to see the result.
7. Click OK after you have finished.

There are a number of features to improve your slideshow project:
• Click ExpressFix to fix common digital photo problems. You can adjust
quality.
• Click Record a sound annotation to the selected photo to record
voiceover for a selected image.
• Like in video projects, add chapter points by selecting a photo and clicking
Set current photo as chapter . To auto-set chapters at a regular
interval, click Auto set chapter and set the value for the interval.
• Click to add a blank color slide.
• Click to apply transition effects.
• Click to apply preset or customized pan & zoom effects. Pan & Zoom
animates your background image by moving it from one fixed point to
another and changing the viewing distance.
• Select Match with background music to make the slideshow length the
same as the length of the slideshow audio.

If you like to know where on the manual, just go to page 23 on the "Adding photo slideshows" section.

[joans]

Thanks for the reply Abiel, but I was referring to creating/editing a Custom Pan and Zoom which the program includes, but I could not find any info in the manual.

joan

[teknisyan]

You can customize the pan and zoom effect by double clicking on the thumbnail next to the PAN & ZOOM name then select the CUSTOM option below the PRESET settings then click on the CUSTOM button. From there you can further control the panning and zooming of the photos.

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[Ron P.]

Abiel, I think what Joans is asking is if DVD MF allows for saving a customized pan/zoom effect. If so, then no it can not. In fact when you do customize a pan/zoom, it is not photo specific, it is applied to all photos in the slideshow.