Pan And Zoom Editor-advanced

[stricker1030]

Version 7.0 had separate screen slider and Size slider so that you could add keyframes without changing the size. Version 8 does not have a separate size slider. How can I control the size? Also, the Version 8 dialogue box has two arrows at the bottom, but both are grayed out. Why?

[jeanrosenfeld]

In advanced, you add a keyframe by dragging the blue triangle in the long yellow bar (timeline) to where you want it, click add. It creates a position marker at each point where you have added a keyframe. Click on one of those (or on the corresponding entry in the list and use the small slider to adjust the size, repostion to the part of the image by dragging the red outline box in the finish pane. You can also reposition the keyframes along the timeline by dragging the position marker. The duration of the timeline corresponds to the duration of the picture set in Videowave.

I did not have version 7 so don't know if this is different in 8, but I have found thisery easy to achieve any desired pan/zoom effect for a picture

[ggrussell]

The advanced mode has only one slider. That is the problem.

 

Why is that a problem? You add only one keyframe at a time. This is by design.

 

How I do it:

First click on START and set the size, etc.

Click on END and set size, etc.

I then move the movie slider and watch the 'red box' which will automatically change. If it isn't where I want it during the clip, CLICK ADD and move the red box where it want it. I do this as many times as needed. At some point, I will 'rewind' to the beginning of that clip and hit the PLAY button [>] and watch the entire thing to see if I have gotten the results that I want.

 

This works the same on video clips or still images.

[ggrussell]

Sounds like MPEG 2 codec activation. Please repost this in the correct EMC9 forum.

[stricker1030]

Why is that a problem? You add only one keyframe at a time. This is by design.

 

How I do it:

First click on START and set the size, etc.

Click on END and set size, etc.

I then move the movie slider and watch the 'red box' which will automatically change. If it isn't where I want it during the clip, CLICK ADD and move the red box where it want it. I do this as many times as needed. At some point, I will 'rewind' to the beginning of that clip and hit the PLAY button [>] and watch the entire thing to see if I have gotten the results that I want.

 

This works the same on video clips or still images.

 

I'm sorry - I was obviously not clear. I frequently want keyframe two to be exactly the same as keyframe one. Since the slider on version 8 automatically changes the size of the red box at the same time you move the slider, I cannot get two keyframes exactly alike. This also applies to the last keyframe and the one before it. On version 7, with separate sliders for size and time, it was easy to do this.

 

Perhaps my new upgrade to version 8 is not working correctly.

[bimicher]

I'm sorry - I was obviously not clear. I frequently want keyframe two to be exactly the same as keyframe one. Since the slider on version 8 automatically changes the size of the red box at the same time you move the slider, I cannot get two keyframes exactly alike. This also applies to the last keyframe and the one before it. On version 7, with separate sliders for size and time, it was easy to do this.

 

Perhaps my new upgrade to version 8 is not working correctly.

 

I have the same experience as you - it is almost inpossible to have 2 successive key frames be the identical size or location. In EMC 7.5 I think you could apply a numeric zoom value to each key frame.

[spiderwayne]

I just bought Easy Media Creator 9 and it crashes all the time as soon as I open it. If I leave the error open I can use the program but ofcourse I don't want to use it this way. Note, I don't have IE 7. Hoping for a fix soon.

[ggrussell]

Ah... I see what you mean. There isn't a way to do that. Would be nice to have a copy/paste function for keyframes that way they would be exactly same size and same place.

[ggrussell]

The sliders are NOT there for the preset because you can't change those. Click on Manual or Advanced and you should have sliders.

 

Have no idea what the arrows are for. They don't seem to have a function at the moment. At first I thought it was for jumping from keyframe to keyframe in the Advanced mode, but they are still greyed out. ???

[stricker1030]

The sliders are NOT there for the preset because you can't change those. Click on Manual or Advanced and you should have sliders.

 

Have no idea what the arrows are for. They don't seem to have a function at the moment. At first I thought it was for jumping from keyframe to keyframe in the Advanced mode, but they are still greyed out. ???

 

The advanced mode has only one slider. That is the problem.

 

Jerry