Photo Montage - Zoom

reamenterprises wrote on 5/1/2003, 7:14 AM

VV Users,

When preparing a Photo Montage, is there a way to zoom in on a point within the pictue? While using VV? I have seen this done on other some montages in the pass, and would like to incorporate it in some of my future work.

Thanks in advance,

Chad

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 5/1/2003, 7:18 AM

Check out the Pan/Crop function. Many folks also use track motion as well, but that may be more complex. Pan/Crop is a lot easier to start off with.

jetdv wrote on 5/1/2003, 8:56 AM

Also, when you open Pan/Crop, right-click the picture and choose "Match Output Aspect"

d1editor wrote on 5/1/2003, 10:16 AM

Make sure you scan your photos at a high resolution- at least 300 DPI. This gives you the ability to "zoom" into a section, or pull out from a section, cleanly. The further into the pic you start...the higher the resolution you need, otherwise you have a pixelated mess....

Vince wrote on 5/1/2003, 10:21 AM

Vegas's Pan/Crop on photos in the reason I use it! Excellent feature.

As long as the zoom area's resolution is greater than the display, there will be no pixelation.

My camera takes appx 1600x1200 resolution shots and the zoom feature works great with them.

fanningp wrote on 5/1/2003, 1:51 PM

Oooooo...pan and crop.....I amaze all of my family and friends with this little amazing feature :) (especially WITH track motion thrown in!)

Pete

SonyDennis wrote on 5/2/2003, 5:27 PM

Here's my technique:

1. Set "still image length" to a few seconds (vary based on subject).
2. Turn on "automatically overlap multiple selected media when added"
3. Set "cut to overlap" to half a second or so (vary based on subject).
4. Select all my pictures, drag to timeline.
5. For each picture:
5.1 Bring up Pan/Crop
5.2 Right-click, say "Match Output Aspect"
5.3 Click beyond end of keyframe timeline to set cursor at the end
5.4 Reduce "F" pan/crop rectangle to about half size
5.5 Position pan/crop rectangle over subject's face or other interesting feature.
Every fifth or tenth photo (depending on how many and subject) change it up by zooming out instead of in, or use a transition effect instead of a fade.
6. Add appropriate music
Done.

My best ever is of my son eating an ice cream bar (in the way only a four year-old can) set to the perfect portion of Sarah McLachlan's "Ice Cream". It's far better than a video of the same event ever could have been.

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