How do I slowly enlarge a small section while keeping the original pho

mugsie1 wrote on 12/4/2018, 4:01 PM

Using a group shot of several people, I would like to leave that in the background while grabbing a face of one individual and slowly enlarging it to fill a section of the screen. The final image would be the group shot in the rear wil the enlarged portion is displayed on top of it. In other words, it'll look like the persons face is rising up out of the image and filling a section. In this manner I can feature every person individually and still have the original background. Hope this makes sense.

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shgrude wrote on 12/5/2018, 2:41 AM

Keep the group photo in track 1 (background). On track 2 (or higher) add the group photo again, but on this you apply effects to show only the person you want highlighted. Then you apply effect for this to size and move as desired.

Disclaimer: not tried myself in Photostory, but works this way in MEP and VPX

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William-Middleton wrote on 12/22/2018, 12:03 PM

Did you manage to figure this procedure out to fulfill your project -- if so, could you share how you accomplished this?

johnebaker wrote on 12/22/2018, 3:48 PM

@mugsie1 @shgrude@shgrude

Hi

The easiest way to do this is not possible because Photstory does not support Chromakey.

There is a workaround though - you do need an image editor which is able to export PNG image file format:

  1. Create a copy of the original image and open this in the image editor.
     
  2. Remove all the background except for the face you want - how you do this depends on the image editor used
     
  3. Save the image as a PNG file, keeping the same image resolution as the original and ensure that the background is transparent - again how you do this depends on the image editor used.
     
  4. In Photostory add the head only image to the next track below the original, if you have not changed any of the size/position settings for the original then the new head image should be directly on top of the original.
     
  5. Then follow the video below using fX, View and Animation, Size & position

How long the head zoom is up to you - it can be faded out a the required time or you can use an third keyframe to return the head to its original size and position.

HTH

John EB

 

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mugsie1 wrote on 12/22/2018, 6:57 PM

@mugsie1 @shgrude@shgrude

Hi

The easiest way to do this is not possible because Photstory does not support Chromakey.

There is a workaround though - you do need an image editor which is able to export PNG image file format:

  1. Create a copy of the original image and open this in the image editor.
     
  2. Remove all the background except for the face you want - how you do this depends on the image editor used
     
  3. Save the image as a PNG file, keeping the same image resolution as the original and ensure that the background is transparent - again how you do this depends on the image editor used.
     
  4. In Photostory add the head only image to the next track below the original, if you have not changed any of the size/position settings for the original then the new head image should be directly on top of the original.
     
  5. Then follow the video below using fX, View and Animation, Size & position

How long the head zoom is up to you - it can be faded out a the required time or you can use an third keyframe to return the head to its original size and position.

HTH

John EB

 

 

mugsie1 wrote on 12/22/2018, 6:58 PM

Thank you - that's just what I was looking for. Thank you again.

 

AlterKnabe wrote on 1/3/2019, 5:02 AM

@johnebaker

This thread I was finding just accidentally. And it brings me ideas how to improve a photostory with this effect.

Therefore I wand to thank you, and I wish you a very happy and successful new year!

Greetings by Walter.