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John Kilderry · January 10th, 2011, 05:59 PM

Has anyone experimented with panning and zooming in 1080p and downscaling to 720p with decent results? How far could you go?

Andrew J Morin · January 11th, 2011, 01:22 PM

I shot a short 1080p action sequence with a locked-down 5DmkII, then used AE to crop a 720p frame and panned all over to give it the hand-held look: the trick is creating motion-blur that matches the move. Zooming is trickier, and I cheated by comping a tight-shot into my one big zoom shot. I'd guess you could zoom-in up to 2x using AE before anyone started to notice the degradation.

...and no, I barely got an honorable mention in the contest...8-(

John Kilderry · January 11th, 2011, 03:51 PM

Thanks, Drew. You gave me a place to start.

January 10th, 2011, 05:59 PM	#1
John Kilderry Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Brevard, Florida Posts: 77	Pan & Zoom With HD Video Has anyone experimented with panning and zooming in 1080p and downscaling to 720p with decent results? How far could you go? __________________ Beer is cheaper than therapy.

January 11th, 2011, 01:22 PM	#2
Andrew J Morin Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 140	I shot a short 1080p action sequence with a locked-down 5DmkII, then used AE to crop a 720p frame and panned all over to give it the hand-held look: the trick is creating motion-blur that matches the move. Zooming is trickier, and I cheated by comping a tight-shot into my one big zoom shot. I'd guess you could zoom-in up to 2x using AE before anyone started to notice the degradation. Untitled on Vimeo ...and no, I barely got an honorable mention in the contest...8-(

January 11th, 2011, 03:51 PM	#3
John Kilderry Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Brevard, Florida Posts: 77	Thanks, Drew. You gave me a place to start. __________________ Beer is cheaper than therapy.