Premiere Pro · Framing, motion and effects
How to zoom in on a video in Premiere Pro
Short answer
Select the clip, open Effect Controls and raise Motion > Scale for a punch-in. For a moving zoom, click the stopwatch next to Scale to add a keyframe, move the playhead, and set a larger value.
In Premiere Pro
01
Punch in
For a cut-in zoom, cut the clip at the moment, select the second part and set Scale to around 115 to 130 in Effect Controls.
02
Animate the zoom
Park at the start, click the stopwatch next to Scale to add a keyframe, move the playhead, and change Scale. Premiere animates between them.
03
Keep the subject centered
Keyframe Position as well, or move the Anchor Point onto the subject so the zoom goes toward it.
04
Ease it
Right-click the keyframes and choose Temporal Interpolation > Ease In or Ease Out for a smoother start and stop.
- 4K footage in an HD sequence can zoom to 200% without visible softening.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Eddie adds gentle push-ins automatically, and punch-ins on request.
Eddie's cinematic motion (an automatic push, drift and zoom) is on by default and carries into Premiere as real keyframes on the clip. Ask "Turn off the automatic motion" to remove it for the project. For emphasis, ask for a shake zoom on a line: the punch-in carries to Premiere, the shake does not.
Back to Premiere
Open the edit, click Export and choose Premiere. You get a Premiere project (.prproj) or the older Premiere XML. In the desktop app, Send to Premiere Pro builds the edit inside Premiere through Eddie's panel, which the app installs for you.
If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files, so Premiere relinks to them. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media; relink to those, not to the camera originals.
From the help center
Questions
- How do I zoom in on one part of the video?
- Move the Anchor Point to that part, then keyframe Scale.
- Why does my zoom look blurry?
- You're scaling HD past about 120%. Use higher-resolution footage, or zoom less.