Panning with Photos

jbellomy wrote on 8/1/2009, 3:09 PM

I'm trying to create a photo montage where in each photo I'm panning and zooming in. I'm just setting the initial key frame and the last frame with final result.

The issue I'm having is:

I have a picture with someone on the far left. I want the picture to start with the whole photo, then zoom to this person. The left edge of the frame does not stay flush with the edge of the photo. As it zooms in, the left edge moves resulting in some instances where the picture's edge is visible on the screen. My only thought is whenever the left edge of the frame starts to drift, insert a key frame to keep it still. However, this causes the pan/zoom to not be smooth.

Any help is appreciated (even if it means doing it outside of Vegas).

Also, I have VMS 6.

Thanks,

Jason

Comments

Terry Esslinger wrote on 8/1/2009, 6:03 PM

You cannot zoom the person to the middle of the screen. They will hahve to stay on the left. Set up your pan zoom to keep the left border on the edge of your screen.

OhMyGosh wrote on 8/2/2009, 8:42 AM

Terry is right, but something you may want to try is to zoom in first, if that is possible. That will give you more room to pan without losing the edge of your picture. Let us know if that helps. Cin

Byron K wrote on 8/3/2009, 12:11 PM

Great suggestions.

I received pictures and videos from people who had a lot of photos and videos where the subjects are "cropped" right up against the frame or edge.

When zooming, the frame of the picture comes in and you can see the black background. I've done a couple of things to cover this up:

-Create a background using the same picture and place it on a track below the main picture. Crop the background track to an area that fits or matches the main subjects background and fills the black space. Add Gaussian blur or effect to the background picture to help it blend in if needed.

To make it fancy you can create a cookie cutter around the subject and add feathering before the edge come into the scene and it will blend nicely with the blurred background. I've even added slow rotation to the backgrounds to make it a little more interesting.

-Another simple technique is to just pre crop the subject in your favorite graphics editor and blend it with the background using the cookie cutter feathering feature.