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How to Zoom Videos In/Out with Keyframes in Filmora for Mac

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Oct 11, 2024• Proven solutions

While editing your videos, you might wish to zoom in or out certain clips during the post-production process. One of the best ways for applying these effects is by using video keyframes in a tool like Wondershare Filmora. After loading your videos on Filmora, you can zoom videos with keyframes using its presets or by setting customized actions.

In this post, I’m going to help you zoom videos in or out using keyframes in Wondershare Filmora for Mac in not one, but two different ways. Let’s get it started!

Available Animation Keyframing Options in Filmora

Before we get things started and know how to use the Filmora keyframing feature, it is important to discuss some basics.

Ideally, keyframing is a popular editing technique in which we set core frames at the beginning and starting of the clip (known as keyframes). Let’s suppose we have a video at the bit rate of 20 fps (20 frames per second). Therefore, to edit the video, we can expand the frames, mark the beginning and the ending keyframes, and then apply the editing effects.

Since Wondershare Filmora is a professional editing tool, it offers two different ways to work on keyframes:

  • Preset Animation: This includes various readily available effects that you can apply to your clip. These video keyframe effects will save you time but have no customized features.
  • Customize Animation: If you want to get personalized results for video editing, then you can select this Filmora keyframing option. While this would take more time, you can get the exact editing results of your choice.

How to Zoom Videos In/Out with Preset Animation in Filmora for Mac?

As listed above, Wondershare Filmora keyframe animation can be done via its preset or customized modes. The preset animation feature is easier to use, and we just need to select any readily available effect that would be implemented on the clip. To zoom videos with keyframes using the preset animation of Filmora, follow these steps:

Step 1: Load the Video on Filmora

At first, you can just launch Wondershare Filmora on your Mac and go to its Import feature from the top to load any video. You can also click on the add media button to load a file on Filmora.

import media file to filmora 1

Afterward, just drag the loaded video and drop it to the timeline at the bottom to start editing.

Step 2: Zoom Videos In/Out with Preset Animations

Once the video is added to the timeline, you can just right-click on it, and go to the “Add Animation” option from the context menu.

This will launch a dedicated Filmora keyframe animation window on the screen. From here, you can just go to the Preset tab and explore the various animation options like zoom in, zoom out, pause, slide up, slide right, and more.

Placing Zoom In/Out Preset in Filmora Timeline

To zoom videos in or out, you can either select the “Zoom In” or “Zoom Out” effect from here. Now, just drag the Zoom In/Out effect and drop in on the location where you wish to apply the changes.

Preset Zoom In/Out Options in Filmora

Step 3: Edit and Export Your Video

After applying the video keyframe animation on the clip, you can further edit the video using the inbuilt features of Filmora. You can view the results of Filmora keyframe animations on the preview screen. If you are happy with the results, then just go to the Export option and choose to save your file in a preferred format.

go to export panel

How to Zoom Videos In/Out with Customize Animation in Filmora for Mac?

If you want to get personalized results with the Filmora keyframing feature, then you can explore the “Customize” tab. It will let you enter different values for the size, opacity, position, rotation, etc. for any clip in the video. The best part is that the feature will let you select the particulate video keyframe where you want to apply the changes.

To learn how to zoom videos with keyframes using the Customize Animation feature of Filmora, the following steps can be taken.

Step 1: Load the Video You Wish to Edit

To start with, just launch Filmora on your Mac and drag-and-drop any video on the application. You can also click on the add button to browse the video and can later move it to the timeline to edit it.

import media file to filmora 2

Step 2: Apply the Customize Video Keyframe Animations

After adding the video to the timeline at the bottom, right-click on it, and select the “Add Animation” option.

This will open a dedicated Filmora Keyframe Animation window on the screen. From here, you can go to the “Customize” tab this time (instead of Preset) and explore the available options.

33animation tab

At first, you need to select a keyframe to add the effects. For this, just click on the “Add” button here and move the indicator to the designated spot on the timeline where you wish to zoom video in/out.

Here, you can set different values to rotate or position the video. To zoom videos with keyframes, you can go to the “Scale” field and change the values to either zoom in or out.

Following the same drill, you can move the indicator to the second (or the third) keyframe to zoom videos in or out. There are several other values that you can customize to add effects here.

Once you have made all the changes, you can go to the Export field and simply save the edited video in the format of your choice.

That’s a wrap everyone! After reading this post, you would be able to zoom videos with keyframes the way you like. As you can see, the Wondershare Filmora keyframing feature is extremely easy to use and will let you zoom videos in or out in seconds. You can either pick the Preset or the Customize Animation feature of Filmora to meet your requirements and perform various video keyframing tasks on the go.

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Benjamin Arango
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