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Step 1: Add the Transform effect to your first image
Place your images one after another on the timeline. Open the Effects panel (Window > Effects), search for Transform and drag it from Video Effects > Distort onto the first image. Then select that image and open Effect Controls.
Step 2: Keyframe the zoom out
With the playhead at the start of the clip, click the stopwatch next to Scale in the Transform effect to create a keyframe. Drag that keyframe to the end of the clip. Then go back to the start and increase the Scale to around 130, or whatever you like. The image now starts zoomed in and slowly settles back to 100, which is the zoom out.
Step 3: Copy the animation to every image
Click the Transform effect name in Effect Controls and press Ctrl + C. Select all the other images in the timeline and press Ctrl + V to paste the effect with its keyframes. Every image now has the same zoom out.
Step 4: Smooth the zoom with ease and the speed graph
Select the first image and open Effect Controls. Hold Shift and click both Scale keyframes to select them. Right-click a keyframe, choose Temporal Interpolation and pick Ease In. Repeat and pick Ease Out.
For more control, click the small arrow next to Scale to open the speed graph. Click a keyframe to show its blue handles. If you cannot see the handle on the last keyframe, move that keyframe back one frame. Drag the handles to shape a curve that starts fast and settles slowly.
Then place the playhead on the cut between the first and second image, select both keyframes and move them so the steepest part of the curve lands on the cut. The fastest movement hides the edit, so the transition feels much smoother. Do the same on each image, and on the last image drag the right handle a bit to the left so the zoom ends softly. Our guide to easing keyframes in Premiere Pro has more on this.
Smoother with EaseFlow: select the keyframes and apply a real easing curve in one click instead of dragging Bezier handles. See EaseFlow
Step 5: Add the stop-motion look
Go to the Project panel, click New Item and choose Adjustment Layer. Drag it above all your images and make sure it matches their total duration. Search for Posterize Time in the Effects panel and apply it to the adjustment layer. In Effect Controls, lower the Frame Rate to around 12. The zooms now step in a choppy, hand-made way.
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Step 6: Finish with chromatic aberration
Select all your layers, right-click and choose Nest, then click OK. Search for VR Chromatic Aberrations and apply it to the nested layer. In Effect Controls, set Falloff Distance to 0. To keep the look subtle, set Aberration (Red) to around -5 and Aberration (Blue) to around 9. The result is a gentle red and blue fringe around the edges.
Tips
- Use high-resolution images. Scaling a photo up to 130 percent softens it, so start with a large image.
- Keep the aberration subtle. Strong colored fringes look like a glitch. Small red and blue values look like a lens.
- Change the stop-motion feel. A lower Posterize Time frame rate looks choppier, and a higher one looks smoother.
FAQ
How do you make the VOX zoom effect in Premiere Pro?
Keyframe the Scale in the Transform effect so the image starts zoomed in and settles to 100, then ease the keyframes and line up the fastest part of the speed graph with each cut.
What does Posterize Time do?
It lowers the frame rate of everything under the adjustment layer, so motion looks choppy like stop motion.
Why nest the layers before adding chromatic aberration?
Nesting makes all the images one clip, so one effect applies evenly to everything instead of being added to each image separately.
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