<p>That is a very simple perspective shift or 3d transform of a video layer.  It can be fairly easily accomplished in any decent non-linear video editor or trivially in After Effects.  </p>

<p>You simply have to scale the video to fill the frame and then apply a perspective distortion to it to make it appear to be off angle from the "camera".  </p>

<p>Alternately, a 3d layer can be used in After Effects and the plane the video is being played back on can actually be moved closer to the camera and rotated.</p>

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2014-02-10T20:25:06.970Z
But if I do this with normal screen record, will it be good quality?
Luke
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2014-02-10T20:35:41.133Z
Yeah, it should be fine with a normal screen recording as long as you are using a decent resolution for things.  That is how that type of thing is traditionally done.
AJ Henderson
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2014-02-10T19:33:54.143Z
2014-02-10T19:33:54.143Z
AJ Henderson
<p>I want to record screen and add some zoom effects like in this video: <a href="https://vimeo.com/59343034" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/59343034</a> (for example at 00:11)
Can you tell me, how can I do that?</p>

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Screen recording 3d zoom
Luke
# Screen recording 3d zoom

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-10)

I want to record screen and add some zoom effects like in this video: <https://vimeo.com/59343034> (for example at 00:11)
Can you tell me, how can I do that?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-10. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

That is a very simple perspective shift or 3d transform of a video layer. It can be fairly easily accomplished in any decent non-linear video editor or trivially in After Effects.

You simply have to scale the video to fill the frame and then apply a perspective distortion to it to make it appear to be off angle from the "camera".

Alternately, a 3d layer can be used in After Effects and the plane the video is being played back on can actually be moved closer to the camera and rotated.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: But if I do this with normal screen record, will it be good quality?  
> **username_1**: Yeah, it should be fine with a normal screen recording as long as you are using a decent resolution for things.  That is how that type of thing is traditionally done.  

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