How to zoom in on both background & overlaid picture?

lee-d wrote on 10/20/2016, 9:13 PM

So I have a background, and I also have an animated person overlaying the background (as seperate images). I want to make it look like the camera zooms in on the person and the background stays the same, so sort of making the person and the background into one layer and doing a basic zoom on it. The only way I can think of would be to render the video as a whole, and then import the video back into vegas and do the zooming in that I need to do, but that would be too time consuming and could lead to loss of quality. I've tried finding something but everything is about basic zooming which I already know. If someone knows how to do this or can send me a video link I'd be very grateful.

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NickHope wrote on 10/20/2016, 10:24 PM

This

I want to make it look like the camera zooms in on the person and the background stays the same

...and this...

so sort of making the person and the background into one layer and doing a basic zoom on it.

...sound like opposites to me.

Put the background on one video track. Put the person on a separate, higher video track. Use Track Motion on the track with the person on it, or use Event Pan/Crop on the events with the person in.

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 10/20/2016, 10:46 PM

Hey Lee -- real easy.

If you want to push in on both tracks exactly the same, behaving as if it were one track -- presuming the animated person is currently on Track 1 and background on Track 2:

Quitter wrote on 10/20/2016, 11:49 PM

You do not need a new or extra parent track.

It is enough that your "background track" is the child of your "person track"

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 10/21/2016, 12:13 AM

You do not need a new or extra parent track.

It is enough that your "background track" is the child of your "person track"

Good point, so Lee-d, you can skip "step 1" in my example above.

My recollection though is that some attributes of the Parent track no longer function once it's marked as parent track, but don't recall which ones. Possibly the track motion on that track (not to be confused with "parent track motion"), or track composite level. So depending on what's being done, a separate parent track may still be desirable.

lee-d wrote on 10/21/2016, 11:45 AM

You do not need a new or extra parent track.

It is enough that your "background track" is the child of your "person track"

Hey Lee -- real easy.

If you want to push in on both tracks exactly the same, behaving as if it were one track -- presuming the animated person is currently on Track 1 and background on Track 2:

Thank you guys so much! Appreciate the help very much :)

xberk wrote on 10/21/2016, 11:23 PM

Yes thanks for the effort on explaining how to do this. Great Tutorial!