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ralftaro wrote on 7/15/2008, 2:17 AM
Hi there,

Here's how I would go about it: Focus on the still photo in question and go into the camera movement dialog. Click on the "Time progression" button to reveal the little timeline that represents the duration of this individual picture and the current cursor position within that duration. On the left-hand side, in the preview monitor, you will see your picture, enclosed by a rectangle with orange handles. The rectangle determines what part of the picture will actually be displayed and will show the entire picture when you first start out. Use your mouse to manipulate the size and position of the rectangle to enclose only your desired starting point. (You can change the rectangle's size by holding down your left mouse button and pulling on the orange handles.) Once the rectangle shows your starting point, click on the function to set a new travel point in the camera movement dialog. A little marker will be placed in the time progression scale at the current cursor position.

Now you're already done with the first part and it's time to specify the location of your camera movement destination and the timing of the panning. You would start out by holding down your left mouse button on the little cursor above the time progression scale and move it to the right until it is at the position within the duration of your picture where you would want the panning to end. Next, go back to the preview window and position (and possibly resize) the rectangle once again to show the (next) destination of the camera movement. After this is done, hit the travel point button again to set the next marker. Done. Now preview the arrangement to see the effect.

You can repeat the procedure of repositioning the cursor and rectangle and setting the travel point as needed, if you want to have more stops in your picture than just a start and end point. Just keep this simple rule for the workflow in mind:

1.) First, always position the cursor on the time progression scale to set the timing for a camera travel point.

2.) Then set the position/size of the section to be shown via the preview window.

3.) Finally, set the travel point via the appropriate button.

Repeat for the next destination of your camera movement.

I hope this helps.
ReCi wrote on 2/18/2009, 12:04 PM
Hi, I've read your reply and tried to apply to.
Unfortunately my product is translated to another language and there are few correspondences between your little, but precious, tutorial and my product gui.
I tried to find an English language manual, to find out correct correspondences between what is explained in the tutorial and the gui of the program,  but to no avail. Couldn't you lend me a link?