This tutorial is an example of a simple pattern, created using one of the pattern effects.  Here we will take a picture (feel free to use this one) and make it scroll by repeatedly.

Step 1

Open ZS4. If you downloaded this picture, find it with the file picker or use the open file button to launch the popup dialog (bottom left).


 
Step 2
The picture appears in the import area.  Drag the green down arrow into the track display, or onto the project track in the tree view.


 
Step 3

Now that the picture is showing in the track display, click the f/x tab (in the track treeview area) and open the video effects/pattern stuff/tiling effects folder. Select pattern replicator and drag it onto the main mixer track (uppermost track). You could also drag it onto the picture track, but then the effect would only apply to that area instead of the entire output video frame.


 
Step 4

The addition of the effect causes the display to change to the current tab of the track display.

Select the vars tab to the right of the project treeview tab.

To horizontally scroll the picture, set a key frame in the horizontal position variable. You can set it to the default value by hovering over it with the mouse and pressing enter.


 
Step 5

Now drag the time slider at the bottom to the end.

Make a new key frame for the horizontal position. Somewhat to the right or left of default (0).

In the screenshot it shows 8000 pixels worth of movement which was set explicitly via the variable properties tab.  You can easily go to this tab by clicking the variable properties icon to the right of the next key frame arrow.


 
Step 6
 
Now the flower should just keep scrolling by until the end of the video. To check it out, click the preview button on the MediaMixer track. Or, export it by clicking the export button instead (to the left of the preview button).  You may want to use more frames.

If you were to want to use something like this in another video, i recommend saving the output as MPNG, this will preserve the transparency of the background.

Note: Previews are launched in a player immediately following their generation.  To replay a preview video use the play preview button at the bottom left in the global toolbar.  Also note that previews can be cancelled at any time and only the generated portion will be played back.