Pan and zoom - customization

[busjockey]

I cannot find where you customize the pan and zoom feature in MV4 Disc Creator; I think I have looked everywhere.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

[Ron P.]

Hi Busjockey,

MF4 DC just has pan & zoom presets, you can't customize them. For that you need Video Studio. MF4 is geared more for DVD authoring and VS 9 or which ever version, are tailored for editing.

Regards..

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Ron

[busjockey]

Hmm, well according to the website under 'learn more' and also in the PDF facts it says:

NEW • Dynamic Pan & Zoom - Add motion panning and lift out
individual faces and places from your photos with exciting Pan &
Zoom effects.

It even shows a picture example under 'Learn More:Create and Express:Time to get Creative'. I am very disappointed if this is true; one of the main reasons I bought the program. Has anyone else had experience with this?

[sjj1805]

NEW • Dynamic Pan & Zoom - Add motion panning and lift out
individual faces and places from your photos with exciting Pan &
Zoom effects.

Its a matter of interpretation. I see this as meaning you can zoom into certain aspects of the photograph to draw attention to the parts of the photograph that matter.

In Media Studio Pro you can add various keyframes and set your pan/zoom levels at each keyframe. If you click the small spanner like icon you get a customized dialog which then allows you to save this customised setting for later re-use in future projects.

A similar customized dialog exists in Video Studio but does not have the save function

DVD Movie Factory is not an editor as such and has very limited effects. It is tailored for those who wish to take a few pictures or a video and quickly put together a Menu Driven DVD without too much fuss. It is good at what it is meant to be and achieves its aims.

Why not try out the 30 day trial versions of Video Studio and Media Studio to see if they are more suited to your needs.

[busjockey]

It's rather confusing that PictureShow4 would have this ability but not MovieFactory4. They both make DVD's; made by the same company with the same technology.

Again, all I can say is this should not be advertised if it is not true. I'm sure they won't give me my money back and hope I buy the other version to get what I want.

[ploggy]

PictureShow is more of a slideshow program while MovieFactory is a DVD-Video authoring program (although the slidshow in PS is actually a video).

the slideshow of pictureshow have more control over MovieFactory. If they will also do it in MOvieFactory, there is no point in selling pictureshow....