Operation Manual

156 Pinnacle Studio 9
The pan-and-zoom controls are used here to focus in
turn on four vignettes in the satirical painting “An
Election Entertainment” by English artist William
Hogarth. A fifth view pulls back to show as much of
the entire canvas as will fit in a wide-screen frame
without black sidebars. The tool automatically
generates smooth motion from one view to the next,
panning and zooming simultaneously as needed.
The pan-and-zoom effect interface
As an alternative to setting up your pan-and-zoom
animations with the Clip properties tool, you can enter
the start and end framing properties numerically with
the Pan and zoom video effect. This alternative
interface is provided by the Video effects tool. You can
also combine the two methods, using the tool’s
graphical interface to specify the initial settings, then
fine tuning them with the numerical effect parameters.