Lightworks 14 - Zoom in and out using Animations

We use a 2D DVE to zoom in and out of clip. We then use Keyframes to make the whole thing look really professional
The Lightworks Video Series:
Basics 1 - • Lightworks 14 - Basics 1
Basics 2 - • Lightworks 14 - Basics 2
Titles and Overlays - • Lightworks 14 Titles a...
Working with Audio - • Lightworks 14 - Workin...
Picture in Picture - • Lightworks 14 - Pictur...
Making an advert / Intro - • Lightworks 14 - Making...
Split Screen with Animations - • Lightworks 14 - Split ...
Problems with Transitions - • Lightworks 14 - Proble...
Adding Multiple Titles to a Clip - • Lightworks 14 - Adding...
Adding Overlapping Titles to a Clip - • Lightworks 14 - Adding...

[@awildgrandpa9899]

the effect of the zoom is very nice to mememakers.

[@kBandik]

So true

[@selusions3053]

making one rn lol

[@movivids911]

Fax

[@olli.tiainen]

I've been using lightworks for 8 years and never knew this, nice!

[@user-ns8xk2fl9z]

This is the best tutorial on zooming in/out with Lightworks. You didn't miss a single step, and this really works!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@techismad]

Really nice of you to say! And you're very welcome!

[@NeroCloud]

This small thing just took my skills form beginner to pro. I love these small things you can do to make videos good.

[@irondragon9775]

Comedic zooms is what I call them

[@alvarofontalvo5722]

The introduction was very helpful, thanks!

[@christianbopp1691]

Superb video. Extremely helpful and thank you for all the hard work - your tutorials kick ass!

[@techismad]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@Sarahandbunny]

It was so hard to find anything about this online, thank you so much! Even two years later you're still appreciated!

[@techismad]

Glad I could help!

[@dorad.f.8497]

This is so helpful, clearly explained, thank you so much!

[@speleojinx]

Very helpful! Thanks for sharing.

[@ThePlayerum]

Very nice explanation! Thanks!

[@patrickbrumm1282]

Thanks! Great video!

[@AliasJimWirth]

Really nice tutorial; really good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@sprazz8668]

Thanks a bunch! Very helpful

[@patrickflores3777]

very detailed! nice one!

[@katharineshade9550]

Very clear instructions!

[@we3r1]

Another excellent video! Love the tones in your voice. My voice is so flat. I not only need a body double, I need a voice double too! Ha ha.

[@techismad]

Nice of you to say! The only advice I can give to people doing voiceovers is not to talk to the microphone - but imagine you are talking to somebody sitting in front of you - that helped me a lot.

[@haxk_not_hacks]

Extremely helpful thank you so much you were the first tutorial that actually had the correct version of lighworks

[@altis6961]

Superb, i'm glad i found what i wanted in the first try

[@prajwal3350]

this effect is just amazing...

[@gronfolk3581]

Tank you, very nice and useful tutorial!

[@ViaOSCard]

awesome tutorial, short and to the point. thanks!

[@jsio3820]

That was great! Thank you!

[@johngreyhate7357]

Thanks so much really appreciate your help

[@ingeniope]

Really nice and helpful... Thanks!

[@alexanderchapal2606]

thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb

[@PEJTGAMER]

Thank you a lot, I will definetaly use this

[@lawman34]

thank you so much for this!

[@francomadini1697]

thanks, it actually let me through so i could download it.

[@emmadunn7574]

Thank you so so much!

[@kitmariokart]

thank you. very helpful

[@ladyofthenorth9684]

this was super helpfull for starting lightworks, thanks!

[@AMemoryofMalice]

Thanks so much. I'm a complete novice at video editing, but this video was exactly what I needed to help me with the problem I was having. An absolute lifesaver.

[@techismad]

Glad it helped!

[@gomugomugomu9069]

brilliant work!

[@techismad]

Thanks a lot!

[@TechnicToonz]

Thank you so so so SO much!

[@beautie-tips]

Your tutorial is nice 😀 thank you

[@valvespercylinder2910]

YOUR VIDEOS ARE USEFUL THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@turboskunk4580]

Thank you!This helped my a lot with my video .Now I can finally remove those black edges .

[@plexeti]

Yes thanks for this explanation it worked great💯👍🏽

[@techismad]

Great to hear!

[@SJW611]

Good explanation of the basics, but I wish there were an easier way to do ease-in and ease-out in Lightworks. Trying to use the graphs usually doesn't work well, what I do is put in an extra keyframe near beginning and end of zoom to slow down the rate briefly just after beginning and just before end, but would be nice if it were automated as it is in PIP effect in Avid!

[@user-pq8zf5hc3h]

Thank you for the helpfull video!

[@daryl2328]

very helpful, thank you!

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@DarkHorseParatrooper]

Wow you're definitely the best lightworks instructor on KZbin.

[@techismad]

really nice of you to say that!

[@ziyaskele7902]

YOU ARE A KING

[@techismad]

too kind - I can't take the title of King just yet. Think of me as somebody who loves to teach people how to do things!

[@wavey8060]

Didnt know this was possible, thanks!

[@mr.steven6908]

Really helped thanks

[@laminatedpillow5405]

LEGEND

[@CSYounes]

very good tutorial ... Thanks man !

[@default4741]

omg thx u saved my life

[@willfoley3192]

LEGEND THANK YOU

[@techismad]

you're welcome!

[@thestick6076]

You are a lightworks pro! Thanks so much for making these videos!

[@bkayak]

Thank you

[@kotsiosgames9734]

thanks dude ! that really helped

[@techismad]

you are welcome dude!

[@hemidemisemipresent]

I didn't know keyframes were in lightworks, they'll be really useful

[@techismad]

Oh - keyframes are the only way to get good at video editing!

[@hemidemisemipresent]

@@techismad are there ways to smoothly make transitions or are you restricted to points?

[@morrasod1858]

Thank you this was really helpful

[@techismad]

Glad it helped

[@tylertoo239]

this tutorial was great, thank you very much

[@techismad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeln15]

Thank you so much :)

[@Fishats]

Danke schön!

[@jjonlebeat8414]

Thanks so much, helping me to a ridiculous amount

[@techismad]

Happy to help!

[@onemoretime3453]

thank you, ur videos are so helpful and nice

[@techismad]

You're so welcome!

[@johnsknows3135]

Cheers mad tech!

[@monishsharaf5121]

thank you

[@kingamo8406]

thanks very helpfull

[@Nahlok]

Very many thanks you helped a lot

[@techismad]

You're most welcome - glad they are helping you out

[@junkmilkshake]

OHHHHH YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES, THANK YOU!

[@techismad]

I'm happy my video helped you out!

[@ApexWolf07]

amazing keep making this. that deserves a sub

[@javinshki17000]

2:59 counting with mad tech!

[@ItzTRC]

Thank you so much

[@techismad]

You're most welcome

[@RenArrais]

Thanks!

[@sagetzu8927]

Thanks

[@HumberFlyer]

Works a treat.... I am trying to add the zoom effect to a still image which as already had a dve added to remove the vertical black bars and I can't seem to make it work right.

[@keng613]

thx so much man

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@ieg_offical4679]

Thank you fam

[@techismad]

right back at you fam

[@NeverFrosted]

Thank you! Now I can use more smooth editing!

[@techismad]

Glad I could help!

[@virtualtube1]

As usual another great video. In this example I would have liked to see slow motion added to the zoom in/zoom out. Let say as an archer, I would like to see in slow motion my arrow hitting the target as the video is zooming in slowly on the bullseye. Thank you.

[@tizianmast5902]

thanks really helpt :)

[@techismad]

I’m glad it helped!

[@TFG9875]

thx

[@furbyenthusiast5743]

this is reallllllllly gonna step up my tiktok game you guys

[@trusfratedtae3142]

thank u

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@trewenas9889]

Ty

[@techismad]

You’re welcome

[@georgemcdowell7153]

Nice video. Thanks. To speed your workflow by avoiding having to type defaults in keyframe values boxes, simply click anywhere on the horizontal line.

[@platinum_god_games3673]

That's true but sometimes it's tricky. I've found so remembering x and y are 0.5 and master is 1.0 is quicker and less finicky. Sometimes the mouse is naughty you know. LOL That is a great thought and does help to click on the middle dot to return to default.

[@AryanKumar-jo1pz]

if you want to zoom in on an object which is not stationary then use the keyframe technique

[@techismad]

Absolutely - you have to use some keyframes to aim your zoom in the correct places at regular times. Lightworks doesn't have automatic tracking so you have to do it "old school"

[@AryanKumar-jo1pz]

@@techismad I tried to do it and I don't think I know how to do it properly cause when I zoom in at position A then at position B, it would either start zooming out after A or stay at A and not go to B. Over that, I am not able to find any video which teaches to use keyframes.

[@candurdu9132]

Thanks .

[@techismad]

You are welcome!

[@cash5092]

So here's what I'm trying to do: Zoom into image A, dissolve to image B which isn't zoomed in. How do I dissolve *without* both images being zoomed?

[@officialcharlesg]

May I use this for my top 5 Video editing software video? I will give c redit in the description and in the video!

[@plawanjyotitalukdar2158]

Make the tutorials bit often. they r great

[@niejestemoko1876]

that tutorial help me a lot

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@ibrahimbinomar]

Finlay I Know it. Thanks Bro

[@shakedash367]

can we make a video not in a rectangular format but in a square format? As in so it doesnt need to be zoomed and hence no black portions

[@puddyy7010]

Please also mention which keys you use

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

Hi .. Love the vids. So so helpful. My biggest question is work flow .. Once you have a series if clips what order should we apply fades between .. add dvi and colour corrections .. it seems if effects are unfolded there are things that dont show on other video tracks. A do it in this order guide would be invaluable. :) Thanks in advance.

[@techismad]

The way I would work is: Import and rename (if there's lots of clips) Mark in and outs of everything (make subclips if you need to) Put everything into the timeline and fine tune your cuts - including any audio you have Now apply your DVE's, transitions, and colour corrections as you need to Here is where you pay attention to the effect the DVE's are having on your movie - does it affect the timing of the clips to the soundtrack? My own problem is getting obsessed with one fade or one effect and wasting an hour trying to get some effect to work. I have to realise that 99% of people won't actually see something that I've spent all that time on and think it's cool! Remember

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

ESH Tech Thanks. Ill take notes and do my best to get my flow right. Thanks very much for the reply .. :)

[@geremyhouston5711]

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[@techismad]

Your welcommmmmmeeee!!!!!

[@chesterules]

Thank you for this great tutorial! I am still having a difficult time. Is it not possible to change the keyframes and the clocks after you have set them? I can't figure out how to modify any of these settings. If I don't like how the zoom looks after I've set the keyframe and the clocks I have to delete the DVE and drop it in again and set the parameters anew. Is there some way to modify the parameters to tweak them until I like them without having to remove the DVE and drop it again each time? Thanks!

[@chesterules]

Lightworks doesn't seem to have very good undo capabilities. I somehow borked my project after 6 hours of working on it and now I have to start over because Lightworks does not have a save or save as option. Autosave is the worst modern "feature". There's a reason software companies never had autosave for decades and it's not because no one thought of it; it's because they realized back in the '80s that it's a dumb idea. /facepalm. The whole point of saving a project is so that you can then experiment on it and if you mess up, you can just load the last good save. Autosaving ruins this and means messing up requires starting over from scratch.

[@techismad]

You can definitely tweak a zoom or any other DVE that you put into a timeline. Simply click on the graph tab when your adding your key frames, and you’ll be able to adjust the time and amount of the effect.

[@spielegoetter6134]

i like your voice.

[@Xtianisms]

Ive just started to use Lightworks and your videos have the best tutorials. Im sorry for the stupid questions that Im about to ask... I just dont get the part about the "1" and ""0.5". Do those numbers mean the size? How did you come up with "0.5" as opposed to a different number? Again apologies for the very noob questions. Thanks for the videos

[@techismad]

No need to apologise - For the zoom 1 means the size of the screen. 0.5 means half the size of the screen.

[@ethelwulf9]

Can you show how to do a freeze frame and slow motion video please

[@techismad]

Give me a couple of days and there should be a video to help with this

[@sonibrahmana5814]

What if you want to do a partial zoom where you just want to show a certain part of the clip as some sort of a highlight? Like in one of those "alien sightings" kind of video where they tend to keep the clip as is, but a moving shadow in a corner got zoomed in as a highlight of "something is there". The only thing I could come up with is to duplicate the same clip, crop it, zoom to the desired part, then use picture-in-picture. But I wonder if I can make it kinda smoother than just a sudden zoom on one side of the clip.

[@techismad]

This is actually quite easy! I've got the new Lightworks 2022 installed (the free version). Go to the VFX, choose DVE and then you should see a Magnifying Glass effect. Just drag that onto a section of your clip and then adjust the size, zoom and shape of the magnifying glass.

[@sonibrahmana5814]

Hmm, I have the 2022.1.1 installer, but I don't see the Magnifying Glass on DVE. There's the 2D and 3D DVE, and then Flip and Flop on the Components list. The rest of the DVE is Crop, PiP, Split-screen, and Stereoscopic.

[@feralhomebody]

Can you increase/decrease the speed at which the frame zooms in and out?

[@taxpants]

If you use fewer total frames to zoom in, the effect will appear faster. If you use more frames to zoom in, the effect will appear slower - takes more time to zoom in total. Hope that helps!

[@gomugomugomu9069]

go to the VFX/ GRAPH.

[@TheR4cingGamer]

Nice! That helped me a lot! Do you know how to make a video or section of a video shake?

[@techismad]

Stick around - I'm going to make a video about Lightworks effects in the coming days

[@TheR4cingGamer]

@@techismad ok. Thanks!

[@crsp2056]

i cant add a keyframe.... help