Zoom Effect

jjchad · #1 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 05:03 PM

Does anyone know how to create a zooming in effect on a subject but the background zooms out at the same time.?

Thanks in advance John

karmatized · #2 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 06:28 PM

im just guessing this is what you want but here goes.

First you need 2 layers, one of the background and one of the subject.

You keyframe the background size to srink and you keyframe the forground to grow.

Depending on what your doing it might require you to either use photoshop to cut out the person into there own layer.

Or if your using video, to visbily paint green around the person via photoshop in FLM format then greenscreen the green out giving you a forground layer of the person.

Then just do what i said about growing and shrinking the 2 layers

Marc Peters · #3 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 06:42 PM

Sound very much like the hitchcock-zoom effect (aka contra-zoom). This can be achieved "in-camera" by zooming on the subject as the camera is moved backwards on a dolly. Search the forums for contra zoom.

karmatized · #4 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 07:14 PM

actually yeah marc is right with that one too i was talking more in the lines of the VH1 Celeb things,
www.compugears.com/offset.wmv

took like 5 mins just an example. But it all depends on what your doing.

BTW i have no idea who that person is in the video, i just googled and grabbed that picture

Alan Mills · #5 (**permalink**) 03-16-2006, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by jjchad

Does anyone know how to create a zooming in effect on a subject but the background zooms out at the same time.?

Thanks in advance John

You still stuggling with this? I created this a couple of weeks ago as a test.

http://www.alandmills.co.uk/ContraZoom.pdf

PM me if you want details on how I did it.