Basic Mask Reveal

I can't for the life of me figure out how to do a mask reveal.
For example I have an image that I want to zoom in on (just zoom inside the mask), zoom back and move to a different (inside the mask) place on the image. I've seen this done on lots of apple related demos.
The builder actions only scales the whole image.
Any help to a keynote newbie ?
Thanks,
Dan

Those tutorial videos aren't of Keynote presentations that have this effect themselves -- I am almost certain they were put together using something like Final Cut.
That said, if want the mask to be static, you could get a similar effect doing as I suggested. Take the background image you want, and create a hole in it the size of the changing area you want (the image type will have to be PNG or PDF for this to work). Put this image on your slide, and Lock it in place (using the Arrange menu item). Now put your main image on the slide and send it behind the masking image. You can now apply various actions to your main image, and the "viewport" will remain static.

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Sometimes I fudge the combination right, sometimes I blunder the shortcuts for ages and end up giving up. Have looked in help/online/in manual etc.
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Sorry but neither method seems to work for me.
So I make the mask greyscale.
I select all.
Do I copy?
Then I go Select>Load Selection, and Choose "Background Gray"
then I select The Colour Image.
And I go Layer>Add Layer Mask> reveal All
And that gives me 100% White mask :-( THats trying your first method as best I can understand it.
Second Method:
Select all of greyscale Mask image,
Copy,
select colour version,
Create std Mask,
Alt Click in Mask...
And in doing the alt click it turns pure white, theres no pop-up menu offering the paste option.
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I am attempting to make a Model's Comp Card. The layout size is 8.5 X 5.5. One picture on the front and two on the back. Although I have a template to plug the pictures into, I find that the pictures are not fitting into the slots properly. When I attempt to resize them I find that the proportions are off (too wide, too tall for the space) -------------This is problem #1
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I am glad you figured out page sizes. However since this for beginners, we must try to include answers to all questions to other new users will learn.
When starting out there are two ways to get your document size. The first is the new document, File>New then in the new dialog box you pick what medium you will be designing for such as the web, print, video and so on.
Then you can either pick from a preset size or type in the height, width and resolution in the appropriate boxes - The height and width values can be pixels, inches, centimeters, and I think pica's. (don't recall sorry) The ppi or resolution value is only important for print when you are using a physical size for width and height. The two together determine the pixel dimensions. Otherwise typing in pixel values, you can ignore the ppi unless you will be printing. The pixel values divided by the ppi will tell you what the physical print size will be.
ex.
inches x ppi = pixels
pixels / ppi = inches
OK, that's the first way. You can also get the document size from a document. File>Open the document window will now have the same size as the image you loaded.
Now lets deal with wrong ratio.
A ratio is the width to height values - If both width and height are same, this is a square ratio or 1:1
That is as detailed as I will get for now, as it can get overly complicated and out of scope for this thread, plus it pushes my comfort level a bit. (don't tell any one)
OK, If the image is too wide for your use or too high, it could be said the ratio is not correct as it does not match your needs.
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Select the layer the image is on in the layers panel
Now on the keyboard press ctrl-t for windows or cmd-t on a mac. This will put you in transform mode.
Place the cursor over a small square in one of the four corners of your image. You will see the cursor change shape.
Hold down your mouse button and the shift key then drag away from the image to scale up or drag towards the image to scale down.
When you are satisfied you can press the enter or return key on the keyboard or press the large checkmark in the top tool bar.
To rotate an image you would take the same steps however you would place the cursor outside one of the four corners and drag sideways.
Ok, lets say one side fits and the other side is still too large - By the way that would be preferable than having one side too small, it is easier to remove data than to add it.
At this point to remove data to make the other side smaller, you would use the crop tool found in the toolbar on the left side. You can either type in the size you need in the top tool bar or drag the crop tool across the image until it is the right size. Finally you could just leave the default crop as is then move each side inward until it fits size you want. Basically there is three ways to use the crop tool and it is up to you to decide what works best for you.
Note: The crop tool affects the entire document. - You can save this image after it is cropped then place this file into another document.
Another option is that you could use the rectangle selection tool and drag out the size you need or type in the top tool bar. Then Select Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal Selection. This will create a mask based on the selection you made and hide anything out side of that selection for that layer. (This is layer based where as crop is document based)
A hidden tip: You can drag the crop tool outward to add canvas space.
And finally vertical vs horizontal images vs the canvas.
The document can be either horizontal or vertical by reversing the height and the width in the new dialog box, by changing the two values in the Image>Image Size dialog box, by adding space to the canvas in the Image>Canvas Size dialog box, or by using the crop tool.
Whereas the image is layer based so transforms to the rescue. Same as scaling. Don't forget to look at the top tool bar, those values can be handy. You can right click to choose a different dimension type. (You can also type in the dimension ex. let say it is in percentages and you want inches just type the value and the abbreviation like this 2in or 45px)
Remember masks that is the layer based version of cropping.
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My first post was a demonstration of principle. How to create the basic skeleton. What happens next depends on what you think the shock wave should look like. I wouldn't think it would look exactly like a high energy impact on a force field. A drop falling into a pond is not exactly high energy. They will both have concentric rings, but the distribution and profile of the waves would be different, I would expect. A physicist could properly inform us.
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7. Apply Bevel/Emboss to taste. Now you will be able to see the rings. I used the Ring-Double gloss contour to tart it up.
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But I just had another thought. With the Marqee Tool set to rectangular, select a work area surrounding where you want the shock wave. Copy it to a new layer. Create a new document and paste the new layer into it. Then you should be able to use the Zig Zag effect as in the tutorial. Then paste or drag the layers back into the original document and align to the original work layer. Delete both work layers. I just tried it and it worked for me in my 732mb file. But using the Zig Zag pond ripple seems to offer less flexiblity than the layer mask method. If assigned this task I would use a mask.
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