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Automatic and manual panning

In the movie industry, panning refers to moving the camera during filming. In Captivate, the camera is the red recording area. When panning is turned on in Captivate, it simply means that the red recording area can be moved during the recording. This enables you to capture a bigger application with a smaller recording area.

Earlier in this chapter, we had a discussion on how to solve the project-sizing problem. Panning was one of the possible approaches. Let's take a closer look at it.

Note

If you have a problem while doing this exercise, refer to the Chapter02/final/encoderDemo_panning.cptx file of your exercises folder.

Restart AME to reset the user interface.
Delete all the .flv files present in the videos/MOV folder of the exercise.
Return to Captivate and use the File | Record New Software Simulation menu item or the corresponding thumbnail of the New tab of the Welcome screen to start a new project.
The Captivate interface disappears, and the red recording area shows up.
In the recording window, choose to record a Screen Area (and not an Application as before). Give the area Custom Size of 800 x 600 pixels.
Normally, the size of the Adobe Media Encoder application should still be 1024 x 768 pixels from the previous filming sessions.
Move the red recording area such that its top-left corner corresponds to the top-left corner of the Adobe Media Encoder application window.
In this configuration, the size of AME does not match the size of the red recording area. The recording area should be smaller than AME.
In the bottom part of the recording window, make sure the Demo mode is the only one selected.
In the Panning drop-down list, choose Manual Panning.
If necessary, set the Audio dropdown to No Narration and deselect the System Audio checkbox.
Your computer screen should look like the following screenshot:
When ready, click on the red Record button to switch to the recording mode.
After the countdown, perform the first few steps of the scenario in the Adobe Media Encoder application.
When the Export Settings window opens, place your mouse above the red line of the recording area until the mouse turns into a grabbing hand. Then, slowly move the red recording area until it covers more or less the lower right section of the Export Settings window.
In AME, modify the size of the video as defined in the scenario.
When the Export Settings dialog closes after you click on the OK button, move the red recording area back to its original position.
Just before clicking on the Start Queue button (the Play icon), press the Print Screen (Windows) or cmd + F6 (Mac) shortcut to take an extra screenshot manually.
Use the F9 (Windows) or cmd + F9 (Mac) shortcut to turn FMR on.
Click on the Start Queue button of AME to start the actual encoding the video.
When the encoding is finished, use the F10 (Windows) or cmd + F10 (Mac) shortcut to stop the FMR.
Finally, use the End key (Windows) or the cmd + Enter shortcut (Mac) to stop the recording.
When Captivate has finished generating all the slides, save this file. When the movie is finished, close the Preview pane, and save the file as Chapter02/encoderDemo_panning.cptx.

Back in Captivate, take a look at the Filmstrip panel. Beneath some of the slides thumbnails, you should see the camera icon indicating that there are some FMR slides in the project. FMR is used to reproduce the panning movements made during the capture.

In this example, you have used manual panning. When using automatic panning, Captivate places the mouse at the center of the red recording area. During filming, the red recording area automatically follows any mouse movement. Automatic panning produces a lot of unnecessary movements and, consequently, a lot of extra FMR slides.