How to make the IMAGE move towards the audience and become larger?

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Christine66

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How to make the image move towards the audience and become larger? I am talking about an image, not the face.

Can this be done with Move Transition plugin? Do't know how to do it. Thank you for your help.
 
An image can't move. Not towards the audience, for sure.
Do you mean a dynamically zoom-in into the picture? (So it seems to become larger?)
 
1. Create one scene containing the image.
2. Fit this image to screen (Image-Properties->Transform->Fit...) Ctrl+F

3. Duplicate the scene. You get another one containing the same image.
4. Select the second scene and select the image within.
5. Draw on the red squares on the selection border while holding the Alt-Key.

(This way you crop the image borders while keeping the image fit into the canvas frame. So you "zoom in".)
Don't be afraid as black borders in the other direction step into the frame. As soon as you drag the red squares on these dimension you re-adapt the image to the original aspect-ratio (for instance 16:9 if your frame is set to), so your image zooms in further and the black borders disappear again.

6. You now have two scenes prepared, containing the same image source. One with the image to its full extend (so to say: "completely zoomed-out") while the second scene contains the same image "cropped and zoomed-in".

7. Activate the first scene in studio mode.
8. Select the second scene for preview.

9. Now use the Move-Transition to toggle between the two scenes. I tested with 8 secs to be slow enough. On a capable machine that works gently.

(One small drawback i found: If the aspect-ratio is a little bit off, say for a single black line left on the long or short side, a single line on the border will flicker during the move transition due to rescale/line-hop in the algorithm). But in general its what you want. Isn't it?
 
I made a video showing this procedure. Unfortunately it's a german OBS installation. But you should find all accordingly.
The method should work for still images as well as for video sources. As said a little bit roughness and flicker may be introduced. Always remember that OBS is no complete non-linear video editing software. What's capable for it has to do instantly and in realtime with no excuse.

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One more question, how to change the transition to a longer time? I added the time under the set move to 5s, however, it did not work. Seems still 300ms :(
 
If you have the Move Transition in the shortlist (middle between preview and program window) than use the down array to the right. At the bottom then you may change the duration for that specific transition.

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Christine66 said:
Thank you very much! Also, which free video editing software do you recommend?
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I prefer now Davinci Resolve for offline editing. But be aware: Its hardware demanding (like OBS), and its learning curve is steep. But its unbelievable: Rendering like the pro's do on Hollywood Blockbusters... for free... its totally astonishing.

To memorize: OBS can't do offline, its all about "live and now".
NLE like Resolve can't do live, its all about offline processing.

Just to remember: If you produce live with OBS (live streaming video content fed by good cameras) the pan and zoom effects on the delivered content usually are made by camera operators in realtime on the optics (using slow and calm zoom-motors and fluid heads). That way you keep the original (best available) resolution on your sources. Thats the point were digital zoom-ins - like the method described in the postings above - deal with the resolution. Any enlargement costs you resolution and sharpness of the material. Just to be aware of.
 
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