I'm having a zoom problem...

Tangle

Newbie Joined: Apr 16, 2010 09:40 Messages: 29 Offline

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Mar 11, 2013 09:04

I did a blue screen demo that worked as expected. The video is my hand over a PD11 background and a PD11 pic. The problem is that my hand is too large. I need to reduce the vid clip of my hand to a smaller size to look more proportional to the pic.

Everything I've tried only produces a crop effect. I.e. I can reduce the overall size of the frame, but the image remains full scale and just gets clipped.

I have been able to do this with Adobe Premier Elements, but I like PD better and need to learn how to do this in PD11.

I'm sure I've overlooked the obvious, but if anyone can point me in the right direction, I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Tangle

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Mar 11, 2013 22:25

I am downloading the clip, but from your description, highlight the clip of your hand in the timeline. Now, in the preview window, grab the edge of the video (by the white arrow in my sample image) and drag it to the middle of the preview pane. That should reduce the size of that clip. You can then move the clip with the preview pane if needed to relocate.


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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 01:55

Hi Tangle -

So - the wandering hand needed to be shot from further back?

You could simply resize the "blue screen" clip, as James has suggested. That might work for you in your circumstance.

Another thought I had (along the same lines) would be to resize the "blue screen" clip and lay it over a blue background (same as T-shirt)... if you then produced that, you could use it, with chroma key applied to the blue, in your production.

You may need to apply a mask to the clip, in any case, to disguise the edges.

Cheers - Tony


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Tangle

Newbie Joined: Apr 16, 2010 09:40 Messages: 29 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 16:00

Hey thanks guys!

That seems pretty obvious now that you've told me how to do it.

I just reduced the size as described and almost got the effect I want.

I didn't see that the extra blue screen helped, but I didn't really get to work with it enough yet.

So, this is still a work in progress.

One thing I did notice is that the 'edges' show up because the hand goes out of the frame with some of the movements and it does disclose the rectangular frame when it does that.

I kind of think that's the nature of the beast.

Thanks again guys, I'm still refining the technique.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 16:25

Hi Tangle -

Glad you're getting on top of it. Short of reshooting your hand from further back, I guess you have to work with what you have.

My suggestion about masking won't help if the hand goes out of frame. You'd need to re-shoot to overcome that!

Cheers = Tony
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Tangle

Newbie Joined: Apr 16, 2010 09:40 Messages: 29 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 16:32

Yeah, these things are starting to fall in place. It seems so simple in the mind in concept - quite different when one tries to put it in practice.

I thought about reshooting the hand, but it's difficult to determine the exact scale for the blue screen shoot.

And thanks much for the help!

Tangle