I am putting together a movie consisting of AVI and still photos. I am
using DV7 from Pinnacle systems. I want to be able to pan out from
still photos in the movie. By panning out I am talking about a tight
shot on a part of the photo and then panning out to the entire photo.
I have asked Pinnacle Systems and their program will not do it. Is
there a program that will do a pan out (or in) that I can drop the
panned out still photo into the movie? I hope this makes sense.

Hi there,

Your question is a good one, and from my experience your problem is
easily solved using Adobe Premiere:
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/main.html

Though it is a bit pricy, it is what all the professional developers
use and it is PACKED with features far beyond the one in particular
that you are looking for :)

You can download a trial version here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/demoreg.html

Though the website can't give a detailed description of all the
features of Premiere, the one you are looking for falls under this
group of features:
 "Animating a Still Image"
"Use the motion path to create simple or complex paths; use the motion
timeline to alter the speed of motion along the path; use the
distortion feature to twist and bend your clip in any direction; and
use Rotation, Zoom, Delay, and Motion settings to create a variety of
special effects."

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/overview13.html

They also mention the option to integrate with Adobe After Effects as
possibile for additional transitions, but unless you outgrow the
number of things you can do with this one you probably don't need it
:)

If you have any other questions about this product, Adobe has provided
an FAQ in PDF format:
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/pdfs/pre6_faq.pdf

For the full Primer for Adobe Premiere (this is a big one!) go to:
http://www.adobe.com/motion/events/pdfs/dvprimer.pdf

I've also attempted to compare the features of DV7 and Premiere to
make sure that you won't lose any key features by switching. From what
I can see, Premiere has everything DV7 does and significantly more.
Another benefit of this program is that since it comes from Adobe,
other media made in the industry-leading Photoshop, Illustrator, and
others can be easily integrated into Premeiere.

Hope that was helpful! If you have any problems understanding the
information above please post a clarification and I will be happy to
help.

Cheers!
answerguru-ga

Answerguru is correct in that Premiere and After Effects would do what
you are looking for.  Premiere can do a fine job and After Effects is
an ideal tool for getting that Ken Burns' "Civil War" look to stills. 
I personally use those products.

I have not used Studio DV so I'm trying to give you my best guess.
Perhaps upgrading to HollywoodFX ($30) would give Studio the right
features for doing zooms on stills via 3D effects.  It might
manipulate a still image from the DV.  You could check with Pinnacle
about that.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/docloader.asp?templ=10&doclink=/WebVideo/HollywoodFX/doc/HFXUpgrade.html&product_id=470&Langue_ID=7&menuDown=dt_44
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/WebVideo/hollywoodfx/doc/FeaturesChart-Basic-Plus-PRO.pdf

Here is a nice table of DV editors.  Look under Overlay and feature
zoom.
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/download/0/1414/videoediting.pdf
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,2181,00.asp

When doing a zoom on a still, it is recommend you have a high
resolution scan of the image.  You want the zoomed in portion to be as
high a quality as DV (720x480 nonsquare pixels, 720x540 square).  If
you're looking at 1/4 of the still for the zoomed in portion, you
would need a scan of at least 1440x1080.  The images would appear
somewhat blurry if you just use the original DV.  If your finished
producted will be a lower resolution (i.e. streaming video), you can
use that resolution to judge what the source resolution needs to be.

Good luck with your production.

Just a note - Premier does not do (or at lease didn't do with version
6) file splitting based on timestamps.  You'll need to pre-split your
incoming DV files into discrete AVI files, one for each take you want
to use.  PITA, IMHO.

Also, you may look at doing the same animation with Flash, or any
other motion tracking animation program that can export to AVI. 
Studio DV 7 can import the AVI file.

Shoot - you could most likely do it with animated .GIF files for that
matter.  30 frames per second, 2 second pan out, 60 slices in your
.GIF.

Paint Shop Pro has a free trial, and may be able to do that.  
GIF Construction Set, also free trial.

You may try searching for 'animated GIF convert AVI'.

I found this site:
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/autorun_giftoavi.htm

It'll be time consuming (2 or 3 hours), but definitely less expensive,
and lower learning curve than Premier or AfterFX.

HTH!

http://www.scenalyzer.com

This $33 program (try it first to make sure it works on your system)
is a worthy addition for any capturing.  It captures and divides the
scenes into separate .AVI files on the fly.  Has other cool features. 
I use Studio 8 and it keeps all the video captured in one huge file --
even though I don't want half of it.  scLive lets me delete the clips
I don't want or need.

-Jack