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Pan & Zoom? Avid XPress Pro
Hi,
I have the latest Avid XPress Pro and I’m trying to take a video that’s shot still (on a tripod with no movement) and use AVX to create a panning effect.
Now, I’ve tried the Avid Pan & Scan effect, but that doesn’t seem to be the trick… because there’s a significant loss of resolution.
Before that, I tried the Avid Pan & Zoom effect, but quickly discovered that that’s only for hi-res still photos.
What is the right way to do this in-software panning thing?
Thank you much!
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4 Replies
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The resize effect will do this. You’ll have to increase the overall size of the shot with scaling in order to have enough extra material to make a pan out of.
If you have any third party plugin packages (Boris Continuum Complete or something like that), you may have other effects that will do the same thing.
No matter what you do, you will probably lose some sharpness when you increase the size of the video, but that’s what happens when you do pans and zooms electronically rather than in the camera.
good luck,
Carl -
Thanks, Carl. I just tried the Resize. By itself, it doesn’t do what I was hoping. So, I added the Pan & Scan effect and it does do the in-software pan and zoom stuff I’m attempting to do. However, you’re right about the loss of quality. It’s such a HUGE drop in quality that I can’t get away with doing it. :-X
I don’t have any of the Boris goodies, but if they have something that does this, I’d be tempted to buy it.
Or, I’ll have to require all the shots to be shot with the pan/zoom looks I’m wanting.
Thank you again, Carl, for your advice in this matter.
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Roman,
Use the resize effect. Increase the size of the video to 130% or so (no larger.) Now set two different positions for the video (at the first and last keyframe.) Optionally, throw the HQ switch for higher quality.
Best,
Jeff G
Principal Instructor
Future Media ConceptsFMCTraining.com
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Whoa! That even sounds cool. I’ll give it a try! 😉
Thanks!!!
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