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The Dynamic Zoom controls, which are off by default, make it fast and easy to do pan and scan effects to zoom into or out of a clip. A set of two onscreen controls let you create a Dynamic Zoom effect.
A green box shows the starting size and position of the animated transform, while a red box shows the ending size and position of the animated transform. Drag anywhere within either bounding box to reposition either the start or the end of the animated effect, and drag any of the corners to adjust the size at the start or end. A motion path appears to show you motion that’s being created. Adjusting the Dynamic Zoom controls automatically enables dynamic zoom. These controls are also available in the Video Inspector.
Dynamic Zoom controls in the Viewer
These controls correspond to two parameters in the toolbar (Dynamic Zoom is also editable in the Video Inspector).
— Zoom/Pan/Angle Presets: Let you enable or disable preset positions for the zoom level, pan location, and angle of this effect.
— Swap: This button reverses the start and end transforms that create the dynamic zoom effect.
TIP: While dragging dynamic zoom outlines to reposition them, holding the Shift key down constrains movement to just the X- or Y-axis.
TIP: While dragging dynamic zoom outlines to reposition them, holding the Shift key down constrains movement to just the X- or Y-axis.
TIP: While dragging dynamic zoom outlines to reposition them, holding the Shift key down constrains movement to just the X- or Y-axis.
— Ease Buttons: Lets you choose how the motion created by these controls accelerates. You can choose from Linear, Ease In, Ease Out, and Ease In and Out.
Composite
Two controls let you create transparency and use composite modes to create different compositing effects (also called Blend modes or Transfer modes). These controls also editable in the
Video Inspector.
Composite controls in the Viewer
— Composite Modes: Composite modes blend two superimposed clips together on the Timeline using different kinds of math to achieve differing results, to create transparency effects, increase image exposure, and combine multiple clips into a single image in many creative and useful ways. All Composite modes interact with the Opacity slider. For more information on what each Composite mode does, see Chapter 50, “Compositing and Transforms in the Timeline.”
TIP: If a superimposed video or still image clip in the Timeline has an alpha channel, that alpha channel automatically creates transparency within that clip, compositing it against whatever is in the track underneath. There’s no need for you to do anything for this to work.
TIP: If a superimposed video or still image clip in the Timeline has an alpha channel, that alpha channel automatically creates transparency within that clip, compositing it against whatever is in the track underneath. There’s no need for you to do anything for this to work.
TIP: If a superimposed video or still image clip in the Timeline has an alpha channel, that alpha channel automatically creates transparency within that clip, compositing it against whatever is in the track underneath. There’s no need for you to do anything for this to work.