[jxflyer]

Here's what I'm trying to do...

I want to take an existing Quicktime movie and zoom into one corner of it so that the portion I zoomed into fills the screen and save it for others to view it as a quicktime movie with the zoom-in as well.

I'm basically trying to make a "close-up" after the video has been taped.

Thanks for the help.

- Chad Hinkson

[C.J. Moof]

Well, it ain't cheap, but After Effects could do that.

[King Chung Huang]

Use a layer mask on the video track that covers the area you want to "zoom", then resize to your heart's content.

[King Chung Huang]

By request, here are some more detailed instructions. Adobe Photoshop is used here to create the mask, but any graphics applications like GraphicConverter, ColorIt!, or even ClarisWorks/AppleWorks can do the same thing.

1. Copy a frame of the current video for reference
Open up the movie in the QuickTime Player, scrub to any frame of the video, then select Edit:Copy.

2. Create a new image in Adobe Photoshop
Launch Adobe Photoshop, and select File:New. The dimensions will already be filled in with the frame size of your video. Once the new document is created, paste in the video frame.

3. Create a 1-bit mask
In Photoshop, create a new layer. Then, using any tool you like, fill in the area that you want to keep with black. I suggest using the rectangular marquee with an aspect ratio matching your video (probably 4 to 3).

4. Export the mask
Turn off the layer containing your video image. You should now have a black and white (transparent) image of just the mask. Select File:Save As Copy... and the mask as a flattened PICT file.

5. Apply the mask
Return back to the QuickTime Player with your movie. Select Movie:Get Movie Properties, then select your video track in the left pop-up, and Mask in the right popup. Hit the Set button, and select the mask file you saved.

6. Resize the resulting movie
I'm sure you can figure this one out.