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AutoZoom analyzes your sequence and places a series of zooms (punch-ins / outs) on your timeline automatically. It combines video cuts, speech, emotional peaks and AI context analysis to decide where and how to zoom.

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Quick Start

1

Open the tool

Open the Tools Menu (bottom left) and select AutoZoom.
2

Place the playhead

Position the playhead anywhere inside the sequence you want to process.
3

Pick your triggers

Activate one or more Triggers (Cuts, Emotion, Speech, Random, Context) — see below.
4

Adjust intensity

Set the sliders (Motion Camera, Zoom Rhythm, Zoom Fastness, Zoom %) to match the feel you want.
5

Run

Click Start — a backup of your sequence is created automatically before zooms are applied.
AutoZoom interface

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Triggers

Each active trigger gets an equal share of the total number of zooms. Activating more triggers spreads zooms across more types of moments.

Cuts

Places a zoom on every video cut in your sequence. Free — no transcription needed.

Emotion (AI)

AI detects emotional peaks in speech (laughs, surprise, conviction). Requires transcription.

Speech

Places a zoom at the start of each spoken segment. Requires transcription.

Random

Fills the longest gaps between zooms. Free — useful to keep rhythm steady.

Context (AI)

AI reads the transcript and zooms on punchlines, topic changes, or anything you describe in the text prompt. Requires transcription.
Activating Emotion, Speech or Context triggers a single shared transcription — you are not charged multiple times.

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Intensity Sliders

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Transition Style

Pick one or more transition types in Box Settings. At least one must stay active. You can enable Sound In / Out for each type to add a SFX (woosh / reverse) on every zoom.

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Interactive Preview

1

Refresh frame

Click the refresh button to export the current Premiere frame as a preview.
2

Set the target

Drag anywhere on the image to define the center of the zoom (where the camera will land).
3

Adjust zoom amount

Drag the corners of the green box to set how much the zoom crops in. The green box represents the area that will fill the screen after zoom.

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Writing a Good Text Prompt

The text prompt at the bottom of the extension is only used if Context (AI) is active. Otherwise it is ignored.

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What works

  • Target a type of information: “Zoom on every mention of numbers, statistics or results.”
  • Target a theme: “Zoom when I talk about personal experience or tell an anecdote.”
  • Target a subject: “Zoom whenever I mention a brand name or a product.”
  • Reinforce editorial beats: “Focus on punchlines and impactful sentence endings.”
  • Filter by energy: “Avoid calm moments — only zoom when I raise my voice.”

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What doesn’t work

  • Asking to change intensity or speed — these are controlled by sliders only.
  • Asking for a specific transition type (jump / ease / snap) — chosen automatically.
  • Asking for spatial coordinates — driven by the interactive preview only.
  • Giving a manual list of timecodes — the AI picks moments freely.
“Zoom on [type of editorial moment] when [narrative condition]. Avoid [what you don’t want].”
Example:
“Zoom every time I announce a statistic or give an actionable tip. Avoid transitions and descriptive passages.”

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Common Pitfalls

  • No trigger active → only cuts will be processed, which may produce zero zooms on a single-shot video.
  • No transition type active → AutoZoom returns nothing. Keep at least one box type checked.
  • Transcription fails → Emotion / Speech / Context are silently skipped. Only Cuts and Random will run.
For talking-head / podcast footage, start with Speech + Context + Cuts, Zoom Rhythm at 2–3, and a short text prompt describing the editorial intent.