Reverse zoom

jcmmarin · Post by **jcmmarin** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:24 am

Hi,
Do you know if it exists in the version 9 the possibility to make a reverse zoom. Starting from a picture at 100% and finishing at 40%.
Thanks

jdubya · Post by **jdubya** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:36 pm

Hi, yes you can do that by using the video pan and zoom filter.Just turn off the pan action and set your zoom properties.It's in the video filters library on your right.

jcmmarin · Post by **jcmmarin** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:43 pm

Thanks for the information I will try.

jcmmarin · Post by **jcmmarin** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:56 am

Hi,
I try to use the solution from Jdubya but the ZOOM factor must be between 100 and 1000. You cant reduce the size of your image.

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:15 am

Well, I did a search and came up with this somewhat dated thread.

Is it possible to do a reverse zoom? I want to start with a very small frame and have it grow to 100 percent. I can make the frame small in the overlay but it stays the same size. I want to have it fill the screen in 10 or 15 seconds, something like that. Any suggestions? I am using VS 11.5.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:11 am

Use the crop filter instead of the pan & zoom filter.
Not exactly a zoom but might be your next best bet.

Your other option - but you would need to work it out - is to use
FxBench.

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:05 am

Thanks for the quick reply!

I tried using the cropping filter but it doesn't do what I want. HOWEVER.... I was fooling around with the "Ghost Motion" filter and it does have a 0-500 zoom tool in the 'effects' section. This is what I want but I haven't figured out a way to use JUST the zoom by itself. Maybe if you or anyone else can figure out a method of getting the zoom to go from 0-100 percent without any effects being added, i.e. An 'invisible dot' in the center of a black screen growing to the image in full frame..... PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

Thanks again!

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:29 am

VS just does a half effort of motion paths. It does not allow full motion path control. We have been trying to get first Ulead, and now Corel to add this to VS for several years now. The (now EOL) big brother to VS, MediaStudio Pro is capable of this. I'm also aware that Corel's competitors do have this functionality. It's too bad that Corel does not wake up, add this to VS, as the UI is much more user-friendly than the competitors.

I'll play around with the Ghost motion filter to see what I can come up with. However I don't know if it can actually do what you're after.

I've also looked at Burger's FX bench's filters, and there are several zoom-in, and zoom-out filters. Most of them use some rotation with the zooming. The filters can be customized by changing the coding, which so far I've never attempted. So with FX Bench you would be able to get the effect...

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:10 pm

Boxy

Try the Cropping filter again
Render the image/effect to dv-Avi
Add this to overlay track, fit to frame., keep aspect ratio.
Use Chroma Key to remove black background

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:18 pm

More thanks for your assistance, guys! I will try what's been suggested.

But the effect I want isn't going to make or break this project. I was fooling around with adding that look for a moment in one scene. It will be nice if I can do it but it will be fine without it, too. Bottom line: If we can get it to work, great! If not, it's still great!

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:12 pm

Just to let those who offered a hand know..... I ended up doing the opposite of what I was attempting to do. Instead of going from 100 percent to zero and transition back to 100 again, I went from 100 percent to 500 percent using the 'pan and zoom' tool and then faded the new scene in from 500 to 100. I also added the 'zoom motion' filter to both clips (reversing the motion on the fading in scene) and it's quite effective.