Long Pan over Panorama shot

Ed71

Senior Member Location: Dorset, United Kingdom Joined: May 17, 2008 14:32 Messages: 207 Offline

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Nov 30, 2014 15:25

Is there an easy method to do a 'long pan' across a panorama photo which is considerably wider than the visible screen?

Whilst keeping the image 'full screen' height

Or am I missing something simple!?

Example attached

Any help appreciated


Filename	Pan 5 (1 of 1) Reduced.jpg	Download
Description	Lake District
Filesize	992 Kbytes
Downloaded:	120 time(s)

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tomasc

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Nov 30, 2014 15:54

I have never been able to do those large panoramas properly on powerdirector alone. I believe all imported photos are reduced to 1920x1080 resolution. I use a software that includes the kens burn effect, produce a video and then export it to powerdirector to use. It is easier for me this way.

There is a senior contributor here that is successful doing it. Wait for his reply. :

PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Nov 30, 2014 16:14

Quote: Is there an easy method to do a 'long pan' across a panorama photo which is considerably wider than the visible screen?

Whilst keeping the image 'full screen' height

Or am I missing something simple!?

Example attached

Any help appreciated

Sorry if I did not understand right what you want.

If I want to present an image like this I use Magic Motion or keyframe, to give movement.

Project Annex, moving picture, from left to right.

Filename	pan_h.pds	Download
Description
Filesize	319 Kbytes
Downloaded:	495 time(s)

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borgus1

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Nov 30, 2014 16:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOaZGIDwkM

Filename	test.wmv	Download
Description
Filesize	553 Kbytes
Downloaded:	384 time(s)

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Ed71

Senior Member Location: Dorset, United Kingdom Joined: May 17, 2008 14:32 Messages: 207 Offline

Nov 30, 2014 16:26

Excellent; exactly what I wanted!

Thanks very much

When I tried this I could not get it to stay full height; can now use the project file to achieve what I want.

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Jirka.Bolech

Senior Member Location: Liberec, Czech Republic Joined: Aug 16, 2014 06:03 Messages: 158 Offline

Nov 30, 2014 16:26

Hi Ed,

Try this: put the picture on the timeline. Select it. Press the Modify button to open the PiP Designer. Expand the Object Settings menu. Leave Maintain Aspect Ratio checked. Drag the upper side as far as the top of the black background (Snap to Reference Lines helps). Do the same at the bottom. Now drag the entire picture to one side (left or right) as far as the edge of the black background. Click on the small diamond for Position in the Object Settings menu to create a keyframe. Move the timeline cursor to the end of the clip. Drag the entire picture to the other side. That's it.

The black background rectangle represents the final view…

(I'm a slow typist as I started before seeing the advice above.)

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Ed71

Senior Member Location: Dorset, United Kingdom Joined: May 17, 2008 14:32 Messages: 207 Offline

Nov 30, 2014 16:29

Thanks for all your responses; really helpful

Can move project on now - have about 5 panoramas to incorporate. Director Suite 365
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