I have a video of an instructor who is standing in the center of a frame. I would like to slowly zoom in on him as the video plays...
I've tried zoom areas, but the zoom happens so quickly (even though I've adjusted the time). I was looking around in Replay and it doesn't look like this is a feature. Is there anyone who has figured this out?
This just isn't an easy or clean thing to do in SL directly. As part of any eLearning arsenal, in my opinion, everyone should have some sort of video editing or creation software. Easy, medium or hard, have something...
We use Camtasia, it's affordable and simple to figure out. There's also probably free sites/tools online to do the same thing.
Anyway, any simple editing software has basic pan-and-zoom tools. I have done the exact thing you've noted on 100s of video clips. Load, trim, add a slow pan or zoom, publish, drop into SL.
Yes, agreed. I thought maybe I might be missing such a feature in 360 or replay as I am exploring both now, but turns out it's not a feature. More importantly, like you said, video editing software should be a part of anyone's eLearning arsenal.
Something that is easy to add in SL is a slow PAN on a picture, not a video. I do this on almost every slide to insure there is some small movement to keep the mind engaged.
Add a pic
Crop it into a letterbox format
Stretch is so that it is larger than the screen or needed pan area
Apply a BOX motion path that starts when the picture's timeline starts
Change the shape of the BOX to a flat line that's only about 1/2" or 1" max in length
Adjust the effect to 20-30 seconds
Remove the EASING so the pic moves slowly and consistently at all times (easing set to None)
Drop your Text on top.
Voila!
I've done this as a quick way to add movement, then dropped a small video over it playing in a smaller window. The movement in the background can almost make up for the video having none.
Storyline does offer animations which include a "zoom" feature, but any changes to the actual video should be done in a software specific to editing video files.
Jerry, sounds like he's done this a time or two! Thanks for contributing, Jerry!
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This just isn't an easy or clean thing to do in SL directly. As part of any eLearning arsenal, in my opinion, everyone should have some sort of video editing or creation software. Easy, medium or hard, have something...
We use Camtasia, it's affordable and simple to figure out. There's also probably free sites/tools online to do the same thing.
Anyway, any simple editing software has basic pan-and-zoom tools. I have done the exact thing you've noted on 100s of video clips. Load, trim, add a slow pan or zoom, publish, drop into SL.
Hi Jerry,
Yes, agreed. I thought maybe I might be missing such a feature in 360 or replay as I am exploring both now, but turns out it's not a feature. More importantly, like you said, video editing software should be a part of anyone's eLearning arsenal.
Something that is easy to add in SL is a slow PAN on a picture, not a video. I do this on almost every slide to insure there is some small movement to keep the mind engaged.
I've done this as a quick way to add movement, then dropped a small video over it playing in a smaller window. The movement in the background can almost make up for the video having none.
Hi Christie!
Storyline does offer animations which include a "zoom" feature, but any changes to the actual video should be done in a software specific to editing video files.
Jerry, sounds like he's done this a time or two! Thanks for contributing, Jerry!
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