Working on a personal project. Building a video tutorial. Decided to use more After Effects than I planned because it's just so much fun. Anyway...I want to call out certain regions of the screen with an effective magnifying glass. Sorta like this:Here are the layers in the comp:Zoom Frame : This is the actual comp containing the purple border and the crude, inner glass effect.Magnifier : This is the shape layer I created back when I thought I needed one to.. hold the effect?Adjustment Layer 1 : This is where I've applied the Detail Preserving Upscale effect.Footage 1 : The actual footage.Footage 2 : Same. I had thought I would mask one of these, connected (via null?) to the shape or whatever.I feel like I'm close to figuring this out, but rather than fuss some more I turn to you.Thanks for your attention.

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How do I magnify selected, moveable area

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August 19, 2018
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Working on a personal project. Building a video tutorial. Decided to use more After Effects than I planned because it's just so much fun. Anyway...

I want to call out certain regions of the screen with an effective magnifying glass. Sorta like this:

Here are the layers in the comp:

Zoom Frame : This is the actual comp containing the purple border and the crude, inner glass effect.
Magnifier : This is the shape layer I created back when I thought I needed one to.. hold the effect?
Adjustment Layer 1 : This is where I've applied the Detail Preserving Upscale effect.
Footage 1 : The actual footage.
Footage 2 : Same. I had thought I would mask one of these, connected (via null?) to the shape or whatever.

I feel like I'm close to figuring this out, but rather than fuss some more I turn to you.

Thanks for your attention.

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istockplus

Participating Frequently

Make you live easier, and apply magnify effect to your footage (you can search for it in effects & Presets window) than link their center point to the shape you create, and sure you can play with setting to get the result you want

Also related your last issue, simple create a mask to the adjustment layer with same size of your picture (the area where you want the magnify to work only), so when you go outside the picture the magnify will disappear

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Rick Gerard

Community Expert

Multiple layers and masking

Duplicate the footage, add a mask where you want to add the Magnify effect, add Magnify to the duplicate layer and adjust the center point and value to blow up the area, press Alt/Option + m to add a mask keyframe then Ctrl/Cmnd + X to cut it, deselect the magnified layer, grab the pen tool and click anywhere to start a new shape layer, then Ctrl/Cmnd + v to paste the copied mask path to the shape layer and set up a stroke only to give you an outline.

If you can't figure out how to use the Magnify effect type Magnify effect in the Search Help panel. You'll find it in the top right corner of AE. Check out the help files. They have an example that is almost exactly what you are trying to do.

MwarrenAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for the lighting-like response speed. Did not expect for a Sunday. Additional detail I failed to include in initial post:

I know how to magnify just fine, my problem is that I can't create move my mask very easily when it's time to animate and include my little border thingie. Also: I'm using Detail Preserving Upscale because standard magnify is too lossy for my liking.

I actually developed a workflow that accomplishes exactly what I need (I dupe footage, comp it, then apply a 250% DPU zoom or whatever and animate path and extrusion), but it's labor intensive. I'm really striving here for something that is more portable than that.

I hope that makes sense. Thanks!

MwarrenAuthor

Inspiring

I figured it out! I just needed to get my parenting in a row and throw a mask on the actual adjustment layer. Blammo:

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