Fine-tune zooms
Select a zoom on the timeline and set what it follows (Clicks, Mouse or Fixed), its level, and whether it's Instant. Right-click a zoom for Apply to all zooms.
Start with Zoom in on what you click. This page covers the finer controls.
What a zoom follows
Select a zoom on the timeline. Under Follows:
- Clicks: moves between the places you clicked during the zoom. This is what automatic zooms use. Press A to set it.
- Mouse: follows the pointer wherever it goes. Good for scrolling or drawing. It pans when the pointer gets near the edge of the zoomed view (Mouse margin in More settings).
- Fixed: holds one spot. Drag the target on the preview to aim it.
Aim a zoom by clicking
Press ⇧Z, or press ⌘K and choose Add zoom by clicking the preview, then click where the zoom should aim on the preview. A zoom is added at the playhead, aimed at that spot. Press esc to cancel.
Instant zooms
Turn on Instant to cut straight in and out, with no animation. Use it for a quick close-up, or to match a cut in your edit.
Change many zooms
- Right-click a zoom and choose Apply to all zooms to copy its level and settings to every zoom.
- Disable all zooms in the Commands list (⌘K) keeps them on the timeline but turns them off. Enable all zooms turns them back on.
- Select several zooms with ⇧-click to edit them together.
- Turn off the switch at the top of a zoom's card to skip it without deleting it.
Level keys
With a zoom selected, press 1 to 9 for levels from 1.0× to 2.6×, or = and − to step up and down.
The level new zooms get when you add them is set in Editor settings (⌘,) under New zoom level.
How zooms move
In Zoom › More settings (under Timing, Behaviour and Zooms' own spring):
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Lead-in | How early a zoom starts moving before the click. |
| Hold | How long it stays after the last click. |
| Merge gap | Clicks closer together than this share one zoom. |
| Group size | How close clicks must be to count as one group. |
| Start early | Begins each zoom 350 ms sooner, so the move finishes before you click. |
| Fill the frame | Zooms far enough that no empty bands show. Useful for vertical videos. |
| Mouse margin | How close the pointer gets to the edge before a Mouse zoom pans. |
| Parallax | How much the background zooms with the screen, for a sense of depth. |
| Depth blur | Softens the background while zoomed. |
| Stiffness, Damping, Mass | The spring behind every zoom. Changing these sets zooms apart from the feel picked under How things move. |