Keyframes not availaible

Mikol-Havel wrote on 7/23/2022, 6:43 AM

Dear community,

I am experiencing problems in Studio Suite 22. I cannot add keyframes for video effect "section". In the Vegas 16, this was done with "pan/crop" option. Basically I want to make video for Instagram (so for phone screen - 16:9 portrait screen), but I need the section to move a bit during the clip.The option to add keyframes is unavailaible, it is availaible for example for "size, position, rotation" effect. I have Movie Studio 2022 ver. 21.0.2.138 (UDP3), Win10. Or is this simply not an option with sections and I need to combine more effects together? I tried the "position, rotation, size", where keyframes can be added, but it moves the whole section rather then moving the clip inside the "anchored" section.

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browj2 wrote on 7/23/2022, 7:18 AM

@Mikol-Havel

Hi,

Sections cannot be keyframed, never could. A section is a crop and cannot be keyframed. SPR, of course, can be keyframed.

Instead, you can use a mask that can be resized and moved.

John CB

AAProds wrote on 7/23/2022, 9:30 AM

@Mikol-Havel

You're after Camera Zoom/Shot aka Pan and Zoom.

Set your Movie Settings to 9:16 eg 1080 x 1920 and type in 9:16 (or whatever ratio you want; square might be better for phones/FB. MMS has a 1080x1080 preset on the "Movie Settings" page: the "Video Settings" dropdown-Social Media).

Click OK and then you'll be asked to adjust the size of the preview monitor, click Yes.

Click on Camera/Zoom Shot and you'll see the 9:16 selection box pop up on your video. Resize it and position it (you can't change it's "shape", it will always be 9:16 in this case, or whatever the movie setting ratio is) then set your initial keyframe, then away you go. When you resize/reposition the box, the keyframe for the new selection will be automatically set.

When initially starting the effect, all you need do is click the Camera/Zoomshot button; do not click any of the options in that effect box. They all work to do specific things (eg zoom in or out to or from full-screen) but aren't used for dynamic panning and cropping.