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How to create more depth in still image pans and zooms?
Hi everyone (who reads this post, at least!)
I’m creating a short video for a kitchen company and have a number of still images to use as examples of upcoming trends that I will be editing with footage of the presenter standing in one of said kitchens talking about kitchen design. What I’d like to do is make the pans and zooms that I’ll be using look more like ‘proper’ camera pans and zooms rather than just a still image moving across the screen, if this makes any sense. Is there a quick and easy way to achieve this, or am I just stuck with adjusting the motion controls?
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
J…
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6 Replies
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Start with large resolution images like 2 MP for SD or 6 MP for HD, right click on the images in the timeline and turn off “Scale to frame size” and then animate Scale and Position parameters in Motion effects.
BUT I suspect you want more, like faux 3D which involves Photoshop and After Effects using a “Camera”…very time consuming. -
Hi Mike
Thanks for your reply. I was after a little more, yeah, but feared the response would be similar to yours! I don’t have the time for faux 3D if it very time consuming. I’ll just have to make do with the motion effects.
Cheers
J…
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If you want more there are third party software apps, Stage Tools’ Moving Picture, Photodex Proshow Producer, Grass Valley/Canopus Imaginate, they do cost money but are usually superior to the layout tools in NLEs, you can download trials
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I agree with the other Brian . . . Stagetools is terrific https://www.stagetools.com
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Another idea is to take your images into Photoshop and make different objects into their own layers, and then animate some zooms and pans within a canvas smaller than the master image. If you simulate a zoom, you can defocus the background to give the illusion of depth of field. Time consuming but possibly a way to add some visual interest to static images.
Mike Cohen
Medical Education / Multimedia Producer
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Hi Mike
This seems the best solution. I love the look of Stagetools, but can’t stretch to the cost.
So, when I export from Photoshop, what is the best format to export in so that the layers are recognised in Premiere when I import it?
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