Thanks for that info. I had already seen it and tried to use it. Problem is, when moving the "little boxes" I am still unable to crop or zoom in. Is it because I am using a wide pic? Is there a specific tutorial for panning and cropping?
Thanks.

I don't know if there is a tutorial, but there is a good help screen when you have the Pan/Crop window open. Clik on the question mark next to the word BEGIN.

I don't know why you wouldn't be able to pan/crop in any format. Make sure you have set your project properties correctly.

Video Factory v2 has a nice feature called "show me" that is an interactive how-to for major functions of the program. There is one for crop, scale and rotate that shows you how to proceed.

The most common application is to either zoom in or out slowly like you sometimes see used on TV when they are showing a still image.

I think part of the problem is indeed your source image is way too wide. Overcome that by breaking into smaller sections all the same height but shorter widths so you end up with 10-15 images. Use a application like Photoshop to handle that part of the job.

Add each finished image to the timeline and stretch so each image is on screen for a set period of time. Probably in the range of 5-10 seconds. Click on the fx button on each image then set a begin and end point. The begin point is where each still image you want the zoom or pan to begin and the end point how you wish it to end. You move the handles/arrows you seen in the pan window and watch in the preview window. The more you stretch the image on the timeline the slower the zoom effect.

I've used this feature to zoom in and out with good success, haven't tried to pan. Be aware the more you zoom in the more likely you are to introduce blockiness or pixelation in the final video. So if you can start with a very high quality still image and use a template with a high bitrate.

I've uploaded a very simple VF 2.0 example of zooming in on an image
and then panning across it. You can download it here:

http://chienworks.com/media/cloudpan/

Right-mouse-button click on both the .vf and .jpg files and save them to
your drive. You'll be able to see the crop settings i used; note that they
are different at begin and end to produce the movement of zooming in
and then panning.

You should be able to accomplish something similar with most any
image, or even with a video clip.

No problem, I just did a 7000x480 graphic Pan. Click the FX icon inside the graphic clip on the timeline then the pan/crop tab. Now right click the graphic in the pan/crop window and select "Match Ouput Aspect". Stretch window as needed to see all of the graphic. Also middle left icon can be clicked to select "move on X axis only" to constrain your movments side to side only if needed.
I read this tip somewhere (Vegas Forum ?), but you just made me work through it. Thanks

Craig H.

I just downloaded, nice effect (and photo) Chienworks. I tired stretching on the timeline to slow the pan down which works pretty good to.

Here's my question: How do you pan/scan/zoom on an image and then LOCK it at the end? I somehow did this in a project I made, but I have no idea... I zoom and spin out of a company logo, and then the place where it ends up stays still. I have tried to redo it and can't figure it out. Seems as if any thing I do - whether I simply extend the length of the clip or actually stretch it (with CTRL) all that happens is the speed of the "animation" slows down and speeds up.
Thanks!

Here's one way:

1. go to last frame (assuming that's the position you want to lock) and take a snapshot of it by clicking on the little floppy icon ABOVE the preview window, not the icon on the tool bar.

2. The image should appear in the media pool. Drag it to the time line and place it right next to the end of you zoom/pan scene.

3. Stretch image (default is 5 seconds) to however long you wish it to appear on screen.

thanks for the help, but neither of these are really gonna work. Taking a snapshot provides an image of lesser quality than in the animation... perhaps that can be changed in the config. And strething it just slows down the animation.

Actually I just figured out how to do it. You have to open of the effect and switch over to the general tab, and adjust the playback rate.

to lock at the end of the move:

Anticipate how long you want the pan/zoom to last. Split the clip at this point. Program the begin and end for the move, and then copy to ending numbers to the second part of the scene (where you split the scene), using BEGIN only, no end.