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With AquaSoft Stages you can also zoom into your images. If you want to show a particular section of an image enlarged, you can generate this using the corresponding tools in the Layout Designer. In that respect, you can freely choose the area which you would like to zoom in on.

You can apply Zoom and Camera pans to the Objects below:

You might find it useful to skim through the movements tutorial first since the zoom function is based on the movement path system.

Zooming into an image easily

Create a new project and insert an image.

Click on the image in the Image list or on the Timeline, so that the image is shown in the Layout Designer and the corresponding tools are enabled.

Select the  icon from the upper edge of the Layout Designer to enter the Camera pan mode.

Now click the icon. This inserts a movement mark. A position frame is now drawn around this additional mark. Reduce the size of this mark by means of the position frame and drag the section to the place which is supposed to be enlarged.

So that the Transition does not have a disturbing effect on the Zoom, you can set the Transition in the Properties of the image to None or increase the Timestamps.

The 2nd mark is still marked (orange). First of all set the time there at 4 seconds. Then click the first mark in the Layout Designer and set the value to 3 seconds or more.

You can see that, by changing the time of the first mark, the subsequent marks also change automatically. In this way the movement set remains unchanged within the path.

After clicking you can play back the zoom effect.

Motion in the image

If you would like to zoom in on several sections of an image, you can now use a movement path in the image. Imagine you have a group photo and now wish to zoom in on the individual persons. However, you do not wish to constantly zoom in and out, but go over the faces in the image.

For that purpose, you can now insert an additional movement mark with the icon. Position the mark at the desired final point.

If you now play back the effect, you will now see that a camera pan is possible within the image. Using the time of the last movement mark you can control the speed. If you increase the time, the shot becomes slower.

Zooming out

You can have the image cross faded while you are zoomed in on the section, or first revert back to the overall image size.

In order to revert back to the full size, insert a new movement mark. Please ensure that the last movement mark is selected.

The easiest thing to do is now to use the Custom entry. Retrieve this with a right mouse-click button or by using the icon.

At Mark 4 set 500/500 as the Center and 1000/1000 under Size . As a result, the image at Mark 4 is displayed in its entirety, again.

Now simply click and enjoy the effect.

As you can see, it is very easy to zoom images. Simply insert movement marks and position them as desired – and already motions enters your image.

The movement path can be changed using the Curve type. Select Select all marks by means of the icon and click in the Layout Designer with the right mouse button.

In the context menu which now appears, select Curve type -> Hard.

You will now see the change in the form of the movement mark. This is now square, in order to represent the chosen Curve type.

After clicking you can see the change in the zoom. The pan in the curves is now Hard and is no longer carried out soft.