Apple iMovie HD User Manual download pdf (Page 52)

52 Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos

Panning a Photo

Panning a photo makes the photo move across the screen. The camera appears to

sweep across the face of the photo, adding interesting movement to still shots.

To pan a photo:

1 Click the Photos button and make sure the Ken Burns Effect checkbox is selected.

2 Select a photo in your iPhoto library and click Start.

3 Move the pointer over the image in the preview monitor until a hand appears, then

press the mouse button and drag the image until you see the place in the image where

you want to begin the pan.

4 Click Finish.

5 Drag the image to where you want to end the pan.

6 Move the Duration slider to set the length of time you want the pan to take.

7 Click Preview to see the overall effect.

Click Reverse to quickly change the direction of the movement.

8 Click Apply when the effect looks the way you want.

The photo appears as a clip at the end of your movie in the timeline viewer. You can

drag the clip to where you want it to appear in your movie.

Using Pan and Zoom Together

You can use pan and zoom together to draw attention to something in your

photograph, such as one member in a group photo. If your photo is not large enough

to use a pan effect, you can also zoom in at the start to give you a larger area to work

with.

Combine the instructions above if you want to add both pan and zoom to a

photograph. When you click Start or Finish, you can set the amount of zoom and move

the photograph to the position you want for the start or end of the pan.

To make your photos really stand out, you can use pan and zoom to crop them before

you add them to your movie. Cropping allows you to remove unnecessary or

undesirable parts of the picture and change the focus to what you want to emphasize.

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Apple iMovie HD User Manual Page 52