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Open the Event Pan/Crop window by clicking the Event Pan/Crop button () on the event.

Presets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal Edit Tool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom Edit Tool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable Snapping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lock Aspect Ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotation area

 

 

 

 

 

Size About Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move Freely or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selection area

 

 

Move in X or Y only

 

 

 

 

Smoothness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyframe controller

Note: If any controls shown in the figure above are not visible, enlarge the Event Pan/Crop window by dragging the lower right corner until all controls are revealed.

The Smoothness control and the keyframe controller are used when adding keyframe animation to create panning, zooming, or scrolling effects. For more information, see Animating event panning and cropping on page 277.

Cropping

Cropping is the process of removing the outside edges from an image or video, thereby re-framing the subject. In the following example, the Event Pan/Crop window on the left has been used to create a selection area around the subject, removing extraneous information from the outside of the video. This creates a zoom effect that is similar to zooming in with a camcorder. The Video Preview window on the right displays the event after cropping.

Crop Area

Preview output

USING ADVANCED VIDEO FEATURES

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