Operation Manual

Chapter 8: Still images 155
above scenario, this returns the viewer to the original
context, perhaps closing a chapter or episode within
your movie.
• Panning across a wide scene to absorb its details one
by one. This technique can be used to impart a sense
of discovery when a dramatic or humorous detail
finally comes into view.
Complex pan-and-zoom animations
When you apply pan-and-zoom to a number of copies
of the same image in succession, it is as though you are
taking your viewer on a guided tour. In effect you are
telling a story, one that gradually unfolds as you draw
attention to one detail after another.
Story-telling may be difficult or not, but implementing
your story in Studio is very simple. Once you have set
up the first clip, with the first pan-and-zoom “camera
move”, simply copy it as often as necessary, and
change the end setting for each clip.
You almost always want the start framing of a new clip
in the sequence to match the end framing of the
previous clip, in order that the sequence of moves will
be smoothly connected. On the second clip, and all
those that follow, click the Match previous clip button
wherever you want continuity.
In order to allow the movie to dwell on each detail for a
while after you pan to it, insert a non-animated copy of
the image between each move. Connect these static
clips into the sequence as usual with the Match
previous clip button.