Zoom Effects

[dale_pilgrim]

Greetings,

I have a 20 minute video. I'd like to zoom on the presenter within 10 seconds, stay there for a bit and zoom back. I can't seem to figure this out. My efforts are a gradual zoom on the whole 20 minute video to the end of the video. Thanks.

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

You need to use the Zoom effect with key frames.

• Click the FX at the start of the clip and select Zoom from the list. This opens the Effects window for Zoom with a graph pane on the right. In the Clip Preview window it places a rectangle around the full frame. This rectangle has handles on each side and in each corner.
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• If it is not already there move the red cursor line to the start of the clip
• Check you have selected the correct AR (Normally use 16:9)
• Click the small Green plus sign with the red line above the graph area. This will set the first keyframe. (Full frame)
• Play the clip (or move the effects cursor line) to the point where you want to start zooming in and click the Green Plus again. This sets a second keyframe. (Still Full frame)
• Play the clip (or move the effects cursor line) to the point where you want maximum zoom.
• In the Clip Preview window adjust the zoom rectangle to outline the area of the enlarged frame. As you have stipulated to keep the AR 16:9 the dotted rectangle will remain the same AR.
• Click the green plus to set another key frame.(Zoomed in)
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• If you have Dual previews set up in Options/Display, you can monitor the effect.
• If you want to remain zoomed in for a time then slide the cursor (or play the clip) to the point where you want to zoom out.
• Create another keyframe (zoomed in)
• Slide the cursor all the way to the right hand side (or play the clip to the end) and adjust the zoom rectangle back to Full frame.
• Click  the green plus again to create another and final keyframe (zoomed out) Your graph will now look something like this......with keyframe markers at every change.........
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Your clip should now play full screen for a short time, Zoom in and stay zoomed in for a short time and then zoom out back to full screen.

The speed of the effect overall and for each step depends on the length of the clip and positions chosen by you to place the key frames.

Hope this helps

Nat

 

[dale_pilgrim]

Awesome, thanks!

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

I perhaps should have mentioned that if you want to zoom back out to full frame before the end of the clip and remain zoomed out then just create another full frame keyframe before the end of the clip. Note also that you can move the keyframe markers on the graph screen to re-position the  zoom and also at any time during editing you can add new markers by clicking  the graph line/s at intermediate places, or altering the zoom rectangle at any cursor position. Monitoring the rectangle position in Clip Preview and, at the same time monitoring the actual effect appearance in the Sequence Preview  window. Clicking the markers a second time will allow you to remove them.

Nat