On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 16:46:52 -0800, "Paul Tauger" <ptaugerspamtrap@cox.net> wrote:

>"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message

>news:v3r6np22rdugb2@corp.supernews.com...

>> "Milburne Drysdale" wrote ...

>> > I'm surprised to find that none of the common desktop nonlinear

>> > editing programs for PC's seem to include "pan and zoom" (also known

>> > as the Ken Burns effect) which allows motion to be added to a still

>> > photo, as the camera appears to zoom in and move the viewer around a

>> > still photo.

>> Define "common desktop nonlinear editing programs".

>> Adobe Premire (likely the widest-used NLE) has supported it for years.

>> You are aware that KB likely created the shots optically with an

>> automated "rostrum camera", not by digital effects (which

>> significantly reduce picture resolution)/

>Though you're right about Ken Burns, I need to qualify your remark about

>reducing picture resolution. Adobe Premiere's pan and zoom function can

>accept scanned stills at up to 4,000 x 4,000 pixels. Using a still at the

>maximum resolution, you can zoom in almost 5x before losing any resolution.

>Note that Premiere's "Motion" tool _will_ lose resolution when it zooms.

>However, Pan and Zoom will not.

This is true - though avoiding annoying artifacting

while using "image pan" in Premiere with DV has escaped

me... I'm also looking for something that can pan/zoom

both stills and motion images with minimal artifacting

(rippling, "bright-edging", etc.). I gave up on AE...