Adobe Ultra CS3 User Guide

Adjusting the framing

The Position In Scene and Input Offset controls are only two methods for controlling the scale of images or the framing of what's displayed in the Output Preview Monitor. If what you see in the monitor is not what you expect, check the settings described in the following table.

Control

Tab

Description

Position In Scene

Scene

Controls the size and position of the layer plane. See Changing the position and scale of a layer plane.

Orientation In Scene

Scene

Controls the perspective of the layer plane in all three axes. See Changing the orientation of a layer plane.

Size In Scene

Scene

Controls the scale of layer plane independent of the Z setting in the Position In Scene controls. You can scale the layer plane of the input clip in sets that lock the other Scene controls. See Rescaling the input clip's layer plane in a virtual set.

Input Offset

Input

Controls the size and position of the image on the layer plane. See Moving and scaling an input within the layer plane: Input Offset controls.

Pan and Zoom

Pan & Zoom

Controls the region of the composited scene that is shown for every frame of the exported clip. See Panning and zooming.

Pan and Zoom

Output Preview Monitor

Controls the region of the scene that is shown in the monitor. This affects only what you see within Ultra. It has no effect on what's exported. See Magnifying and repositioning the view in the monitors.