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Zooming in on footage
Hi all, i feel like a bit of an idiot asking this question, but as this video project is my final work for high school, i cant put it off any longer.
Im using premiere pro cs3 and attempting to zoom in on a section of footage.
Now i know the “camera view” effect allows you to zoom in on the center of the frame, but how do i change the target of the zoom.
For example, someone is talking and i want to cut to a closer shot of their mouth, but i dont know how to get closeup on their mouth and not the frames center.
Im sure the answer is sitting right in front of me, ive been using premiere pro since 2 first came out, so i really do feel like an idiot.
Thanks in advance
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Move/offset the footage in x and y (horizontal and vertical).
-jeff
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Go to WINDOW–>Effects Controls
At the top, spin down the triangle by MOTION
To turn on keyframing, select the STOPWATCH looking symbol.
Set a keyframe at the beginning of the clip at normal (360x 240y)and also set a keyframe for the SCALE, and leave it at normal 100%
Then move later in the clip and set another keyframe that aligns you with the desired area and also set a keyframe for SCALE that scales up the image to the desired size.
If you want to EASE IN or EASE OUT of your motion so that it starts or stops smoothly, right click on the keyframes and select either ease in or ease out (ease out for first keyframe, ease in for ending keyframe)
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Thanks for your help dude, im afraid im still not getting it though. I dont want to graduly zoom in on a frame, but be close up to begin with. ie the shot is of the whole face, i just want the mouth moving.
Ive set the anchor point to the spot i need by moving its x and y values in motion control, but when i grab the edges of the peview pane and shift+move it out, my quality drops something shocking. is there a better way of getting that close up? because ive moved the anchor point, the motion zoom function will not move me any closer. I have captured in hdv, so im sure i can get closer to the footage without having this quality drop.
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Use motion within the Effect Controls window (motion is a fixed effect that is available by default). Use Scale to zoom in and then you can move the footage within the monitor window by click-dragging. (if you have clicked the word motion, so it has a black background)
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[David May] “my quality drops something shocking.”
That’s video for ya’.
Best case: standard def DV (NTSC) video is 720×480; you just don’t have many pixels to work with. And the image from all but very very expensive cameras is going to be pretty soft to start with. Rule of thumb is to not do more than about 120% enlargement. Beyond that it gets ugly fast, as you’ve discovered.-jeff
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Looks like ill just stretch out the footage and hope for the best. Im a little dissapointed, i have a sony hdr hc7e camera and i recorded and began my project in HD, so i figured id be able to get right up to nostril hairs without quality drop. Ill just hang here with my shattered dreams.
Thanks for your help lads, once i get my footage into after effects, i may need it again.
Thanks again.
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If you use HD in an SD project you’ll get a better result. But you are still restricted by the pixel count. HD and HDV are not all that high quality for zooming in – sorry if you thought different. Try using the clip in an SD project see how that looks. If you like it you can export that SD one and then import the SD version into the HD project and make sure it is fit to scale by right clicking on it when in the timeline.
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great advice mate, will give it a try. 2 questions, for trying the HD into SD and then back into HD, what format should i creatie it in for SD? that made sense i think.
And if that fails, is it worth holding off and doing using after effects to get the close up. dont know how it would be any better quality wise, but it was a thought -
[David May] “the HD into SD and then back into HD,”
That won’t get you anything. Jon was just suggesting HD into an SD-output project could help a bit.
Zooming in on footage, even on film, is best avoided: hence the usefulness of storyboards! Chalk it up to a lesson learned…-jeff
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I wouldn’t bother with After Effects. No difference in quality. You should have shot it. Doing things in post is based on tests in pre-production and then knowing how to best do it with the camera.
For the SD project Work in Uncompressed for best possible result.
– JOn 😉How many editors does it take to change a light bulb?
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