I like to end my video projects with a photo slideshow. Inevitably some of the photos will be portrait and they don't look very good in a widescreen video.
I decided to tinker with the pan and crop tool to see if I could make these tall, thin photos look any better. This is how I do it.
Bring the photo onto the timeline and make it about 13 seconds long (this ensures a nice, steady pan). Using the pan and crop tool make the pan start at the top or the bottom of the photo. Where the pan starts depends upon the subject matter. Add a keyframe then move the frame to the other end of the photo. Add another keyframe. Right click on each keyframe and select Smooth. This ensures that the pan starts smoothly. If you need to hold on any part of the photo, increase its length and add keyframes at the required position in the pan.
The pan/crop tool is very powerful and is well worth tinkering with.
I decided to tinker with the pan and crop tool to see if I could make these tall, thin photos look any better. This is how I do it.
Bring the photo onto the timeline and make it about 13 seconds long (this ensures a nice, steady pan). Using the pan and crop tool make the pan start at the top or the bottom of the photo. Where the pan starts depends upon the subject matter. Add a keyframe then move the frame to the other end of the photo. Add another keyframe. Right click on each keyframe and select Smooth. This ensures that the pan starts smoothly. If you need to hold on any part of the photo, increase its length and add keyframes at the required position in the pan.
The pan/crop tool is very powerful and is well worth tinkering with.