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99 pan/zoom effects like in Microsoft Photo Story. Zoom in/out, hold, pan, etc. a la "Ken Burns" looks. These effects uniquely feature subtle acceleration/deceleration for a professional look, sharp image resize algorithms for better zoom image clarity, and easy-to-remember effect names.
| • Follow Your Subject Apply pan/zoom moves within any image, just like in Microsoft Photo Story! Unlike others, our effects smoothly accelerate/ decelerate for a high-end, elegant touch. |
• Mix and Match Our effects are modular. Zoom in tighter to your subject, hold as long as desired, pan with your subject's movement, then zoom back out. Or any other combination you desire. |
| • Enliven Stills Apply the well-known "Ken Burns" look to animate stills. Works great at any size/resolution MM can accept. Greatly extends the versatility of your images! |
• Easily Customize 99 p/z variations are included, as shown below. To further customize to perfectly match a particular shot, try our visual, easy-to-use PanZoom Wizard! NO messing with XML code! |
Please download the demo to try the 99 effects in this Pack on YOUR clips. We use a simple naming scheme to communicate what each effect does. It is based on a simple A-B-C vertical and 1-2-3 horizontal grid. Pan/Zoom A1 > A2 for example, is an effect that pans from A1 to A2. Pan/Zoom A1 Hold is a zoom held for the clip's entire duration showing only the A1 image area. Pan/Zoom A1 Zoom In is an effect that starts full-frame and zooms to the A1 image area. Pan/Zoom A1 Zoom Out is the reverse -- an effect that starts at the A1 image area and zooms out to full-frame. In the icons below, the effect's START position/zoom is represented by the empty blue frame and the END is the gray frame.
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Start at any of these zooms... then HOLD at the same position, or PAN to any other position. |
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or... Start at full-screen, then ZOOM-IN to any of the 9 positions. |
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or... Start at any of the positions, then ZOOM-OUT to full-screen. |
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Pan/Zoom Effects -- Tips & Tricks General Tips
• How do I apply/combine the Pan/Zoom effects? This Pack provides common pan/zoom moves you may need to zoom in tighter to your subject, follow the subject, hold the zoom, zoom out to full screen, etc. Each pan/zoom effect icon and name in Movie Maker indicates what portion of your image will appear during the effect. Naming corresponds to positions within the image based on a simple ABC/123 grid, as shown below:
For example, to zoom-in to the top left area of your clip's image, then hold there until the end of the clip, follow these steps:
1. In the Movie Maker timeline (in Timeline view, NOT Storyboard view), select the clip that you want to pan/zoom.
2. Drag the blue vertical time marker in Movie Maker's timeline to the clip's frame where you want to end the zoom-in.
3. Choose the Clip > Split command to split the clip into two pieces.
4. Click on the first split piece, then drag and drop Pan/Zoom A1 Zoom Out from the Video Effects list in Movie Maker. (Or right-click the clip piece, choose Video Effects and then apply the same effect.)
5. Click on the second split piece, then apply Pan/Zoom A1 Hold to hold in the top left position for the remainder of the clip.
One more common example… to pan/zoom from full-image to the center left, then pan far right, then return to full-image. Since this involves three 'moves', you will need to split the clip into three pieces:
1. In the Movie Maker timeline (in Timeline view, NOT Storyboard view), select the clip that you want to pan/zoom.
2. Drag the blue vertical time marker in Movie Maker's timeline to the clip frame that will end the first move.
3. Choose the Clip > Split command to split the clip there. Repeat Step 2 and 3 at a later frame to form the third piece.
4. Click on the first split piece, then apply Pan/Zoom B1 Zoom In from the Video Effects list in Movie Maker.
5. Click on the second split piece, then apply Pan/Zoom B1 > B3 from the Video Effects menu.
6. Click on the third split piece, then apply Pan/Zoom B3 Zoom Out from the Video Effects menu. You are done!
Note that the key to such a multiple-move technique is to make sure each split piece starts/ends with a matching pan/zoom position (B1 or B3 in the above example). Also note that nine Pan/Zoom effects (such as Pan/Zoom A1 or any others WITHOUT > or >> or << symbols in its name) simply HOLD the clip's image in a fixed zoom position. Very handy! How long you hold is determined by the duration of the clip piece you apply the effect to.
• When I apply a Pan/Zoom effect, the image appears in slightly lower resolution. Why? The only way to create "space" to pan within a normal size video image is to zoom-in prior to panning. A zoom-in will inevitably show slightly lower resolution because the original clip only has a fixed number of pixels available (such as 720x480 pixels at DV resolution) as visual information that the effect can work with. Note: For high-resolution still-image clips, the PanZoom PRO Wizard works around this MM limitation and provides ultra-sharp output.
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