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Correcting some bad panning in a valuable event
Okay first off for those that may question this. It’s purpose is NOT a way to underhandedly promote my project. I did want folks to see what I meant though as I know a picture or clip is often very helpful. Please take a look at the very first clip in this short youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anulc_txptA
Now to my question. The first scene of the blue mountains landscape vista has some jerky panning. Bad tripod and my mistake as a relatively new videographer. I tried a correction software called Mercalli but found the result was that the pan was smooth but the footage then was not very crisp.
Is there a way to simply use a clip of this opening scene (which I have by the way) where there is no panning but somehow tell Vegas to gradually go from left to right of the clip with some sort of faux pan? I know that in some software programs you can take a still photo and pan over it for a special effect. What about in Vegas in this case?
Thanks always for your help here!
Don Kimball
Polytelis Mediahttp://www.polytelismedia.wordpress.com
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Just open the Pan/Crop tool on the event and perform the Pan there. The problem you will have is that in order to pan you need somewhere to go so there needs to be more of the image than just what’s in the view to pan to. You might have to zoom in a bit first to make room for the pan. Other than that, Vegas does this very well.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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I would take a snapshot at the beginning of the footage and one at the end. Then I would stitch them together in photoshop. This will give you some room to pan across the image.
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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Thanks very much John:
I did have minimal success but it seemed that the zoom then caused the image to lose sharpness and thus kind of defeated the purpose. I wanted to retain a sharp image and a steady pan. I am considering opting for just a short still clip of the intro scene. In case anyone wants to have a stab at creating a pan across the horizon with this clip I have included a copy of it.
thanks for everyones suggestions
cheers!
Don
http://www.polytelismedia.wordpress.com
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Okay this should be the link to the clip I want to pan. I want the horizon to have a nice pan from left to right.
Thanks for all the help
Don
http://www.polytelismedia.wordpress.com
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You don’t have any room to pan, can’t get what’s not there. Like John said, in this example you will need to zoom in some so you have some room on either side to pan from and too. Even just a little will allow for a little pan, better than a static shot IMHO. Hope this helps, Danny Hays
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What I would do is take a snapshot of that frame and resize it 2x and sharpen it in Photoshop or even better with PhotoZoom or Genuine Fractals. Then you will have the resolution you need to zoom and pan.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Thanks John. Since I have literally never used the pan crop tool for performing a task like this can you kindly tell me if you think it would be best to zoom out on the image after it has been increased 2x or to zoom in. Forgive me if this is going to sound way too elementary a question. Thanks!
Don
http://www.polytelismedia.wordpress.com
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You want to zoom in to give you more usable picture. When you open Pan/Crop, think of the rectangle with the F in the center as the camera frame. You grab a corner and move in to zoom in. Then move the rectangle all the way to to the left now that it’s smaller. Next move the Current Time Indicator (CTI) down the keyframe timeline at the bottom of the Pan/Crop window to where you want the pan to end and move the rectangle to the right. This will create a keyframe at that time position and the image in your preview window should pan to the right when played.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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