Customizing "Zoom Picture"?

Christine Hendrickson said:

Hi Ian,

The location of the "zoomed" version of the image depends on the location of the smaller image on the slide. The image that you see when the smaller version is zoomed is the original, larger version of the image. If you'd like to adjust the size of the image that's shown, you'll need to adjust the size of the original image, if that makes sense.

The zoom will work only if you've resized the image on your slide to be smaller than the original — for example, if you've inserted a 500x500 pixel image and then resized it to be 250x250, the zoom icon will allow learners to see zoom the image to its original 500x500 size. So, if the full-sized image is too large or covering your player elements, you could just resize the original image to the desired size and then place it on the slide and add the zoom effect. 

So, one method you could try is inserting the image you'd like to modify and adjusting it to the desired size. Right-click on the image and choose "Save as picture...". Save the new version of the image, then remove the original. Insert the new version of the image and apply the zoom feature to it. Now, it should show up for the new and preferred size.

Here's a quick little example I created for you. 

I'm sure others may have some better suggestions, just wanted to throw this out there for you. As far as I know, though, I don't think you can assign a zoom to a specific area - it seems to be tied to the location of the image you insert.

Let me know how it turns out!

Christine