In the movie industry, Panning is moving the camera during the filming. In Captivate, our 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 shooting. This will enable us to shoot a bigger application with a smaller recording area.
In the Choosing the right resolution for the project section mentioned earlier, 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.
Perform the following steps to use Panning feature:
1. Close and reopen the Adobe Media Encoder application to reset the user interface.
2. Delete all the
.flv
files present in thevideos/MOV
folder of the exercises files.3. Return to Captivate and go to the File | Record new Software Simulation...