Positioning when zooming

[JohnnyAir]

I'm using the current version of Premiere Pro.  In this vid I am zooming into the butterfly on the flower.  On the way into the 200% zoom, part of the screen appears black as I adjust to the zoomed in position of the subject.  Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

https://youtu.be/Wvvz1Eo6NxM

[MyerPj]

It looks like you are running out of clip as you zoom in. You might not be able to frame it exactly as you like to bring (that huge) butterfly to the center of the frame. You'll need to lower the image and pan left a bit from what you are doing.

[JohnnyAir]

Ok.  It was filmed on a GoPro with a 4K setting so I guess that I have some real estate to play with.  Now I'm thinking more 'points of change' along the way relating zoom with position more often and more carefully.

[MyerPj · Accepted solution]

You might want to put keyframes on the starting and ending position, and then add other frames as needed to keep the picture in the frame of view. But you may have to comprimise on the ending shot in order to keep a smooth(ish) move in the zoom.

[JohnnyAir]

Yes that is what I did and this is the latest result.  I also took the highlights down but I would really like to kill the highlights on those overexposed leaves behind the flower if possible.

https://youtu.be/WZd2BuLogxs

[R Neil Haugen · Accepted solution]

As Kevin mentions in another thread, those leaves look completely blown out. "Clipped" is the technical term.

And you can say add a Lumetri effect and use the mask that comes with it to limit (and track if you need) where that effect will be placed. However ... with something where there is no data in the color channels, which is what "clipped" means ... all you do is drop into grays. There's no color there to recover.

Neil

[JohnnyAir]

Thanks Neil.  Learnt an important fundamental there.