Can I copy pan and zooms

[lwolff123]

I am creating a lengthy slideshow, starting in photo elements and then transferring to premiere to take advantage of the additional transitions. I want to create movement on each slide, probably 300 of them. Is there a way to copy the pan and zoom effect from one slide to many others?

Thank you,
lwolff123

[Barb O]

You might be able to copy the pan and zoom specifications in Premiere Elements: I am not sure. However is this really practical? I usually place a pan or zoom according that specific photo, so I don't see the practicality of copying them. Of course it is your slide show and therefore your choice.

Another factor is that if you start in PSE 5 and then want to Mass change multiple transitions with a single command in PRE 3, I don't think you can do it.

So it might be better for you to make a PSE Organizer collection in PSE 5 to choose and sequence your photo files; then use the PSE Organizer command Export to downsize the resolution of your photo files to a new folder and rename them to keep photo sequence, then bring the contents of that new folder in to Premiere Elements Media bin, and start with a Create Slideshow in PRE 3.

Note: If you wish to time the slides to the music, you need to prepare - see http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbeb328

In my opinion, a better place to ask your questions is either

- at the forums on muvipix.com
(forums free and tutorials etc for a price like on this site)

- at the Adobe Premiere Elements forum
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bb574e6/

because both of these forum have more participation by knowledgeable Premiere Elements users.

[ATR]

lwolff123

I have Photoshop Elements 3.0/Premiere Elements 2.0. So, that is where I am coming from. Information to follow is more or less basic.

This reply will just address your "can you" question, not necessarily the "should I question". Once you have the information, then you can decide if it fits into your plans.

Premiere Elements 2.0, Copying Pan Zooms
For a given Still on the Timeline, you can (a) create pan & zoom with keyframing or (b) create a pan OR zoom with Presets at the bottom of the Effects and Transition Palette. Once you have applied the pan & zoom or pan OR zoom to one Still, you can copy to multiStills on the Timeline. Refer to "To copy and paste effects" in Help. If you need more details, let me know.

Premiere Elements 2.0, Changing Transitions
Were you aware that you can reset the Default Transition before you hit the Create Slideshow button in Premiere Elements? That is in the Help section also. More details can be supplied if necessary.

It was not clear to me whether you were going to concentrate on making your Slideshow in Premiere Elements or whether you were going to use both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. Where are these transitions and pan & zooms coming from that you want to copy to multiple Stills?

I will watch for your progress. If necessary, please post back with more details (including version of Premiere Elements and/or Photoshop Elements). If your project depends on a joint effort of the two programs, the choice to edit the Photoshop Elements slideshow in Premiere Elements will be impacted by what set of programs that you have.

ATR

[Chuck Engels]

Add the pan, zoom and any other effects to just one clip, select the clip and then from the main menu select Edit/Copy.

Then you will need to select all of the other clips you want to apply the pan and zoom from the first clip to. Either Shift+Click each image or lasso them all, then from the main menu select Edit/Paste Attributes - Done!

Just remember that doing this will apply EXACTLY the same motion to EVERY clip.

There is a great tutorial on creating an Automatic Slide Show in Premiere Elements at muvipix.com

[lwolff123]

Add the pan, zoom and any other effects to just one clip, select the clip and then from the main menu select Edit/Copy.

Then you will need to select all of the other clips you want to apply the pan and zoom from the first clip to. Either Shift+Click each image or lasso them all, then from the main menu select Edit/Paste Attributes - Done!

Just remember that doing this will apply EXACTLY the same motion to EVERY clip.

There is a great tutorial on creating an Automatic Slide Show in Premiere Elements at muvipix.com
Thanks Chuck and ATR for you replies. I am using PSE 5 and PE 3, creating the slideshow in PSE mainly due to finding the pan and zoom easier to accomplish, with the before and after thumbnails. I haven't figured out how to do the same in PE, as all I see is size and location numbers to change versus a graphical way. What I am trying to accomplish is to duplicate what is possible in ProShow using "Motion" to create movement, some random, some specific to the photos. I did a small test slideshow, and the photo quality after render seemed a little better with PE versus ProShow. Any additional hints would be more than welcomed.

LWolff123

[ATR]

Pans & Zooms (via keyframing) and Pans OR Zooms (via Presets in Effects & Transitions) are real easy in Premiere Elements. I use Photoshop Elements 3.0 and Premiere Elements 2.0, so, you may have to look around for a category that I may mention that has been moved to another location in the version that you have.

Chuck Engels’s previously no fee video tutorial on Pans & Zooms of Premiere Elements (http://www.chuckengels.com) is now available for a small fee at his new site (http://www.muvipix.com announced several times by him in these forums).

But, although the limitations of Premiere Elements material at this site have been tossed about from time to time, DO NOT overlook its merits. In fact, if you go to the home page of this web site and click on the Learning Center, you will find a video tutorial on keyframing by the Super Moderator tfry who has given us much basic support.

Last, but not least, always check out the Help in the program. There are gems in there.

But, here goes my translation on a small scale:

Pans & Zooms via Keyframing
1. Still on Timeline, highlight.
2. Properties Panel, highlight “Motion” (click triangle to make options visible); to the right of the word “Motion” is an icon that looks like a stopwatch.
3. When you select “Motion”, you see handles around image in Monitor. Position Timeline cursor (CTI) at start of image on Timeline. In Monitor, with handles around image there, move/size image to whatever you want the start to look like. When finished, click the stopwatch icon.
4. Next, position the Timeline cursor to where you want the effect to end. Going back to the Monitor, with handles around image there, move/resize image to whatever you want the end to look like. NO NEED TO HIT THE STOPWATCH ICON AGAIN. That is essentially it. Play to see what you got. (When you are comfortable with that, using another Still check out handles vs dialing in values for position etc. in Properties).

Pans OR Zooms (via Presets in Effects & Transitions)
1. In Effects & Transition, locate the Presets category, below the Video Effects category.
2. Explore the options in Presets which include: Horizontal Image Pans, Horizontal Image Zooms, Vertical Image Pans, and Vertical Image Zooms. Each of the latter four contains more options.
3. Explore what is offered there and select ONE to drag into your Still on the Timeline. That is essentially it for that.

Hope that some of this helps.

ATR

[Chuck Engels]

And don't forget the great free articles from Steve Grisetti at http://videoinasnap.chuckengels.com/source/archive.htm

Check out the Keyframing Basics for starters. There is a lot of in depth keyframing taught in the Premiere Elements 2 In A Snap book also, a good book no matter what version you are using.

[Chuck Engels]

And I would also like to mention that there are free video tutorials available at muvipix also, some of them will help you with keyframing as well
http://muvipix.com/products.php?maincat_id=7&subcat_id=10

And there are free motion backgrounds, DVD Templates and Steve's Tips too :)

[lwolff123]

Chuck and ATR,

Thanks for all the advice. Once I get a chance to try this all out, I may be back for more.

lwolff123