Automate repetitive Pan/Crop

[Barry Hull]

You’re right Shawn, tried it, that makes it quick, thanks for that. My only “click” issue with that way is I then have to do a couple of fades, otherwise the move looks a bit jerky, one moment in the middle, next moment to the side.

This would not be a big deal except I have probably two hundred of these moves to make.

Barry W. Hull

[James Houghtaling]

What about a copy and paste the pan/crop key frames? Copy once, move to next event, place curser on keyframe timeline, and paste?

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My Hardware:
Core i7 2.67GHz; Nvidia GTX580, 12 gig RAM Win7 64bit.

My Software:
Vegas Pro V11 with Boris Continuum Complete 8, VASST Ultimate S; Bluff Titler; AE5; PhotoPaint and other stuff.

[Barry Hull]

James,

The way I made this happen was similar to that, but rather than copy and paste, I created a Pan Preset.

I wanted a consistent Pan, same speed and distance. However, where the move took place on the timeline was not as precisely critical, within +- a second or so was accurate enough for starting location.

The way I made this work, since I had about 200 of these moves to make, was to create a Preset Pan/Crop, named it “Move Left”.

I would place the cursor on the timeline approximately where I wanted the move to occur. Then I would zoom in so that each Grid Mark was 1 second in length. I would scrub to the nearest Grid Mark and create a Key. Then I could easily scrub to the next Grid Mark, exactly 1 second further along the timeline and use the Pan Preset “Move Left”. This made my Pans exactly 1 second in length, nice and easy, without fumbling around on the timeline.

When I needed to move the talent back to the center I reversed the process. The trick was zomming in so that the Grid Marks were 1 second in length, that made for very simple timing control.

I put a “Move Left by Grid” and “Move Right by Grid” on my ShuttlePro, so it worked in just a few key strokes.

Simply get close on the timeline, zoom in until 1 second Grid Marks appear, click ShuttlePro to move the cursor to the next Grid Mark, create Key, click to the next Grid Mark (exactly 1 second apart), click “Move Left” preset, voila, 1 second Pans all the same time and distance.

I got pretty fast after about 10 or so of these moves.

Barry W. Hull