Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/23/29 11:28

"Okay Yankee" wrote ...
> I can't figure out how to do this for the life of me, although this
> should be quite simple.
>
> I want to zoom-in on one part of a video image that I have in Premiere
> and keep it zoomed-in on that spot in the final exported video.
>
> For example: an image of a politician speaking at a rally... I want to
> zoom in tightly on his face, blowing that up to full size and cropping
> out all of the people standing beside him and the crowd, etc.
>
> I have used the "Motion" option, and that does zoom in, but the image
> won't stay still. It wavers all over the place, to the left and right,
> up and down.
>
> Is there a way to just do a tight zoom in on one part of the image and
> have it stay still? Much appreciation and respect to anyone who can
> walk me through this.

The "Motion" function allows you to change the parameters (zoom,
horizontal and vertical position, rotation, etc.) throughout the duration
of the clip. Simply set the "time slider" to the beginning, set up your
parameters as you like them, and write them down. Then set the
"time slider" to the END of the clip and enter THE SAME VALUES.
Your zoom should be rock-steady throughout the entire clip.

Zoomin in on certain politicians could be scary, and trying to use a
steady framing may be possible only when they are sober. :-)

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