Event Pan/Zoom vs. Track Motion

maynard wrote on 12/17/2005, 4:36 PM
Why does a still image look so terrible if I use track motion to zoom in on it rather than Event Pan/Crop? I have a bunch of still images in a slideshow that I want rotated a few degrees. I don't want to render the stills separately because I want to retain the ability to edit the individual pictures.

I was going to use track motion to rotate the shot but I'm afraid that I'll lose quality....what are my options here?

thx,
Jason

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Chienworks wrote on 12/17/2005, 5:57 PM
Track motion renders the image to the project's frame size first, then performs the transformations. This means that you lose all the resolution of the original image.

Pan/crop performs the transformation on the original image first, then renders to the project frame's size. This means that you retain the resolution while performing the zoom or rotate.
maynard wrote on 12/17/2005, 6:02 PM
Thanks for the explanation....

With that being said, how can I apply a rotation or pan to a large number of still images simultaneously? I have a slideshow movie showing as a 'picture-in-picture' on a larger video track. I need to rotate and size the slideshow movie but I need to apply the change to the entire track.

thx,
Jason
jetdv wrote on 12/17/2005, 8:46 PM
how can I apply a rotation or pan to a large number of still images simultaneously? I have a slideshow movie showing as a 'picture-in-picture' on a larger video track. I need to rotate and size the slideshow movie but I need to apply the change to the entire track.

The easiest way is via scripting. For example, here's a sample video where Excalibur was used for exactly that task. Ultimate S also has a photo montage tool.