topic Re: Export extent different than animation in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Export extent different than animation

KevinRybacki — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:33:34 GMT

I am using Ac GIS Pro and I have set up animations while manually labeling some dams on the river using the overlay option with an arrow and paragraph. Looks great when I animate it but as soon as I export it to a video the map extent changes (why, I have no idea) so there are parts of the river displaying that I do not want and the labels are way off the mark. Why go through making the animation just the way you want it if it completely changes when you export it?! Is there any way to export the animation that was set up? The lock view size does not help with this to the extent I need it to.

Please help,

Thanks!!

Re: Export extent different than animation

KathrynCross1 — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:30:01 GMT

I'm having this same problem. Did you figure out how to fix it?

Re: Export extent different than animation

LukeHenslee — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:04:43 GMT

I'm going crazy trying to figure this out....

Re: Export extent different than animation

kennedy — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:09:14 GMT

Hoping to breath some life back into this discussion. I'm having this issue when exporting to all available resolution options. The export is zoomed out no matter the resolution I choose. I'm working in ArcGIS Pro 3.1 but it appears to be happening with tests in 3.2 as well. Esri support has exported using my data and does not have this issue. On my system, the exports were correct for several weeks, then I went on vacation and when I returned and started working on the animation again, the exports are no longer at the right scale in the export .mp4.

The first image shows how the animation was exporting correctly for several weeks and the second shows what the export is doing now.

Re: Export extent different than animation

RachelL — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:44:52 GMT

Did you ever figure this out? I’m animating shark migration patterns and have been having issues adjusting the map extent for the animation export even when I manually change it in the map properties. The extent just stays zoomed out

Re: Export extent different than animation

AmySnelgrove1 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:07:36 GMT

Following!!!

Re: Export extent different than animation

DKubenka_SCG — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 23:28:05 GMT

Having the same issue...

Re: Export extent different than animation

mapkamp — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 04:29:57 GMT

same issue. all of a sudden one day I opened the project and the keyframe extents were different and then they didn't match once exported either.

Re: Export extent different than animation

ToyotaT18 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:36:14 GMT

I find mine zooms out a bit when I export, however my colleague's always zooms out HEAPS and we can't work out why.

Could esri add an option to export exactly as it appears in the map window? Same shape, resolution, basemap scale, label font sizes etc.

Re: Export extent different than animation

ToyotaT18 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:34:27 GMT

Can anyone from esri have a look at this issue? My ArcGIS Pro recently updated from 3.1 to 3.6 and now my animation exports zoom out significantly.

Re: Export extent different than animation

HugoWortel — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:29:49 GMT

Same here. Following...