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Overview | Pan/Zoom
Effects Pack E2 -- Tips Previous | Next • How do I apply/combine the Pan/Zoom effects? The effects in that Pack provide 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. General Tips Pan/Zoom Effects page |
