Doing a Basic Zoom in / Zoom Out (crop size) in Sony Vegas?

[WedgeX]

I see this done in alot of videos but I can't for the life of me figure it out without a tutorial or mabye something to point me in the right direction

I'm guessing its editing of cropping screen size and adding key frames to create an animation of the zoomed out (normal) extreme and the zoomed in extreme.

but even if i'm right I still can't get anythign to work ... what do I do?

[guns1inger]

Event Pan and Crop and/or Track Motion will do this for you.

[WedgeX]

yea, I know that I just dont know How

[ScorpioDragon]

I see this done in alot of videos but I can't for the life of me figure it out without a tutorial or mabye something to point me in the right direction

I'm guessing its editing of cropping screen size and adding key frames to create an animation of the zoomed out (normal) extreme and the zoomed in extreme.

but even if i'm right I still can't get anythign to work ... what do I do?

Assuming you've already enabled the Event Pan/Crop tool after dragging a photo/video into the timeline, here is a very basic "zoom" effect instruction:

In the Event Pan/Crop window, crop and position your photo/video as necessary. This should automatically make a keystone (a marker in the Position timeline section of the Event Pan/Crop window). Test the event effect by playing the clip from the beginning. If the keystone is not automatically generated after cropping your photo/video, simply double-click anywhere inside the Position timeline section (located at the bottom of the Event Pan/Crop screen), and the keystone will appear where you double-clicked. You can move this keystone left or right depending on your preference.

Experiment with it and will learn how to control it. Hope this helps. If you don't understand or are still unsuccessful, [1] read the detailed Help instructions, or [2] Google it, and if all else fails [3] buy a tutorial to help speed up the learning curve.

Happy editing, and good luck.

[guns1inger]

What's to know ? The manual actually explains it reasonably well, and there aren't to many controls to play with that you can't experiment a little. Most of us learned by no being scared about trying, not because someone wrote a guide.

Drop your clip on a timeline. Click on Track Motion. Click on Maintain Aspect Ratio. Click on Scale About Centre. Grab a corner and pull. if you want to reframe on a zoomed area, grab somewhere int he box and move it. If you screw it up, right-click and select Restore Box.

[WedgeX]

What's to know ? with that you can't experiment a little. Most of us learned by no being scared about trying, not because someone wrote a guide.

I'm not scared to try anything, I learned 95 percent of Vegas just by fooling around... some things I can't figure out no matter how simple the answer, and since I know the answer is probly something so small, I figure someone might not mind telling me.

I messed with the crop for about an hour with no avail, because I have no idea how to animate at all - so I have to ask someone. Sorry!


Thanks ScorpioDragon thats absolutely all I needed!!!!