Adobe Ultra CS3 User Guide

Adding and setting a pan and zoom point

    1. Reset the Output Preview Monitor to full frame view by clicking the button. Even if you're certain that it already shows the full frame, it's worth taking the time to click the button before setting any pan and zoom points. If the monitor is zoomed in when you set points, the final results may not be what you expect.

    2. Enable panning and zooming by selecting Enable in the Pan & Zoom tab. When you first enable panning and zooming, two points are set by default--one in the first frame and the other point in the last frame.

    3. Drag the preview slider to the frame where you want to set a pan and zoom point.

    For sessions that don't contain video clips, you must set a duration for the input clip before you can preview the session and add pan and zoom points. Enter a time in the Out Point field on the Input tab. If you're not certain exactly how long the session will be with the virtual camera moves, set a value higher than you expect to use, and then correct it after you program all of the camera moves.

    4. Click the Add New Point button. A new entry is inserted in the appropriate order in the list of pan and zoom points.

    5. Change the scale and position with the grid control. The Output Preview Monitor shows the pan and zoom position.

    6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each additional point. To delete a pan and zoom point, select it in the list, and then click the Delete Current Point button.

NOTE

 

If the first, last, or both pan and zoom points are set to the session's first and last frames, respectively, and you change the total length of the session, then the times for those points automatically change. The time setting for intermediate pan and zoom points, however, do not change if, for example, you trim the In point of the input clip after programming virtual camera moves. Therefore, Adobe recommends that you get the session's timing settled before designing pan and zoom maneuvers.

NOTE

 

The Output Preview Monitor always shows the visible area for the current frame in the session. This means that if you drag the preview slider away from the frame for the currently selected pan and zoom point and then change the zoom and position settings, the monitor does not represent the new framing. You may see a change in the framing for the current timepoint, but that's because changing a pan and zoom point affects the visible area for all of the frames between that point and the one on either side. To have the Output Preview Monitor show exactly where a pan and zoom point is, the current frame must precisely match the current pan and zoom point. To jump to that frame, deselect and reselect the current point.