Zooming into a video on a picture background

evileivind wrote on 4/10/2020, 4:58 PM

Using Vegas Pro 14, and I'm having a hard time getting it to zoom in the way I want to. Here's my set-up and what I'm after:

  • I have a video track that's a static image.
  • I have a video track with a video file. The video has been moves and zoomed in slightly, using mask, shrunk so the static image is visible underneath.
  • There's also a generated solid colour in a video track, making a sort of frame for the video.

Now what I want to do, is to zoom in further in the video while it plays. And the video file has already been cropped, moved, masked etc. and I want it to remain the same size and at the same location.

What's the best way to make it zoom in?

Thank you so much, and apologies for my bad explanation!

 

 



 

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michael-harrison wrote on 4/10/2020, 5:55 PM

@evileivind One thing you could try is to apply the Picture In Picture fx to the track in order to size it smaller, you can then use the crop and pan controls on the video event to zoom in over time.
Note that I'm assuming PiP fx is available in VP 14.

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evileivind wrote on 4/10/2020, 8:13 PM

@evileivind One thing you could try is to apply the Picture In Picture fx to the track in order to size it smaller, you can then use the crop and pan controls on the video event to zoom in over time.
Note that I'm assuming PiP fx is available in VP 14.

Sadly it doesn't seem to be, but thank you for the suggestion!

3POINT wrote on 4/11/2020, 5:46 AM

Cropping/zooming with pan/crop tool with start and end keyframe. PIP effect with track motion, that's all. No masking, nesting or whatever needed.

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ByronK wrote on 4/11/2020, 4:34 PM

Have you tried to zoom at the track level rather than the event?

FayFen wrote on 4/12/2020, 1:40 AM

I only have VMS but what I did is set the size and position of the window with PIP fx (no animated) and the zoom movement with pan/crop

3POINT wrote on 4/12/2020, 3:31 AM

@FayFen indeed this effect is also possible in VMS. Only the PIPfx wasn't already available in Vpro14, that's why Trackmotion is recommended.

jetdv wrote on 4/13/2020, 9:02 AM

If you're using VMS, you really should ask in the Movie Studio forum instead of the Vegas Pro forum as Movie Studio does not have all the tools available that Vegas Pro has and the answers from the Vegas Pro forum may not be available in VMS.

3POINT wrote on 4/13/2020, 9:27 AM

@jetdv I'm not sure to whom you are referring, but in this case VegasPro and Vegasmoviestudio have both the same tools to achieve @evileivind requested PIP effect.

jetdv wrote on 4/13/2020, 9:35 AM

@3POINT, just pointing out that there are differences between the two products and asking questions about VMS in the Vegas Pro forum can lead to answers that won't work and can cause further frustrations when the recommended options aren't available. In this one case it might be fine but in other cases it can cause confusion and frustration.

EricLNZ wrote on 4/13/2020, 7:24 PM

The OP has Pro and the comment made by FayFen just mentioned something available in VMS which he, like me as a VMS user, assumes Pro has. There were no questions being asked about VMS. As for posting in the wrong forum us Mods are frequently having to move posts from VMS to Pro and vice versa.