Manual zoom

Last updated: 3 September 2026

If you want full control over a Zoom effect, set its Mode to Manual zoom and pick a static target point to zoom in on.

Switch to manual zoom

After highlighting a Zoom element on the timeline, set Mode to Manual zoom in the Focus group. This works for automatically created zooms too.

Mode set to Manual zoom in the Focus group

Set the focus point

Use the coordinate picker to set the focus point of the Zoom.

To see the preview update as you change the target, move the playhead onto the Zoom element.