My little Sony NEX VG10 records still images 16:9.
That means less cropping, with or without a Ken Burns.
I even take portraits in that format (horizontal) which is done more and
more, so the frame is fully filled and looks very nice, especially when
the background matches the video.
Uwe
On 8/1/2012 6:20 PM, Lee Menningen wrote:
>
> I recommend you don't "resize" them at all - import them into PPro, as is.
> Most of mine are 5184x3456 jpg's. Before importing you might want to set
> your project preferences to a default slide duration - I usually use 60
> frames but of course once imported they can be dragged to any duration you
> desire.
>
> Drag them onto your timeline - they will be scaled at 100% which will
> be too
> large - but that is good. I then scale each photo using key frames
> according
> to the subject matter and photo composition. For instance, a group picture
> might not show well as a group in a video, in which case I might scale
> down
> a bit and put a position and scale keyframe at the start to show only the
> left side of the photo and another position/scale keyframe at the end to
> show only the right side of the picture. Then when the video is
> played, the
> photo will be "panning" from left to right. The speed of the pan will
> depend
> on the photo duration and the position differences. You can also
> adjust the
> scale while panning, if that is your artistic desire.
>
> Another thing I often do is zoom into a face, again using keyframes that
> adjust the scale; sometime I go into a face and sometimes pull out.
>
> All of these zoom/panning techniques work best when the photo is still at
> its original size. Trying to zoom into a photo might not show up very
> clear,
> or panning won't work at all unless the photo is much larger than the
> video
> frame size.
>
> Portrait photos might need more work because they might be too narrow. Two
> options here, one is to scale up so the width fits the video and let
> the top
> and bottom be cropped, or second, if that doesn't look right, I just leave
> the photo too narrow and maybe include a background on another layer to
> dress up the side blank areas.
>
> Lee
>
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