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Edit a zoom

Click a zoom on the timeline to open it. Set its level, aim it at the pointer or a fixed point, change its curve, and drag its ends to retime it.

Mac appChrome
Where to find it
  1. Video editor
  2. Pro
  3. Timeline
  4. A zoom
  1. 1Click the zoom’s block on the timeline.Its settings open in the column.
  2. 2Set Level: how far it pushes in. 2× shows a quarter of the frame.
  3. 3Choose what it points at.Switch on Follow the pointer to track the recorded pointer, which suits a demo that moves around. Switch it off for one steady spot, and drag the box on the preview to choose what fills the frame. Pull its corners to go closer or wider.
  4. 4Drag the block’s ends to change when it starts and stops.
  • Movement chooses how a zoom that follows the pointer pans: with the pointer, or holding steady and panning only for clicks and typing.
  • The curve and the lengths of its two ends can be its own, or follow the video’s. See How zooms move.
  • Press K to add a keyframe at the playhead and steer the zoom yourself. See Keyframes.
  • Press L to play just this zoom on repeat while you adjust it.
  • Press ⌫ to delete it.

Read next

Add a zoom by handMove the playhead to the moment, then press + on the timeline and choose Zoom. A close-up lands there for you to move, stretch and aim.How zooms moveFeel sets the motion every zoom inherits: its curve and how long it takes to arrive and to pull back. You can also zoom only the screen and leave the background still.KeyframesSelect a zoom, a move or a crop and press K to add a keyframe at the playhead. Drag a keyframe to retime it, and click it to choose how it arrives.

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