A handy way to animate picture with (Bezier) key framing

[John Rofrano]

Sorry but I don’t see the picture you are referring to. Try uploading with the COW’s image button and then paste the URL in your post.

~jr

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[Harry Maathuis]

Again, now with attachment
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To set a reference, I am a newbee to Vegas Movie Studio

In the attached screenshot you can see what I want to do. Using the bezier key framing I like to move a still image from the LL to the UR combined with Zoom In – Zoom Out (both smoothly). I know Spice Master have a bezier key framing facility. Is Spice Master the solution for this and if so, how can it be done?
It is important that the picture can be moved over the entire video field (16:9) from the lower left to the upper right.
See the yellow circles I have drawn in the screenshot image:

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Any tips would be much appreciated.

Many thanks,

[John Rofrano]

I would use Track Motion to move the image across the frame making it bigger and smaller too. Since your mask is round, I would forget about the Bezier and use the Cookie Cutter FX which will not only cut out a circle but it can add the border too.

~jr

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[John Lenihan]

JOhn,

Is there any way to use this moving function on an event basis rather than the whole track?

John Lenihan

John Lenihan

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[John Rofrano]

Is there any way to use this moving function on an event basis rather than the whole track?

No. That’s why you have unlimited tracks. Use them. 😉

~jr

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[Harry Maathuis]

Hi John,
Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately I could not respond earlier. I have successfully followed your recommendation. What I would like to improve is a uniform velocity of movement on the key frame path. It is too much acceleration / deceleration from key frame to key frame. I already have experimented with key frame types (linear, smooth, fast, etc.) but I did not get the desired fluid motion. If you still have a hint please let me know. Thanks in advance. Harry Maathuis

[John Rofrano]

I already have experimented with key frame types (linear, smooth, fast, etc.) but I did not get the desired fluid motion. If you still have a hint please let me know.

Setting the keyframes to Linear with Smoothing=0.0 is the first part. Spacing them out perfectly is the last part. I would set the first and last keyframe first. That should make the motion move smoothly in a straight line from the starting point to the ending point. Then take the number of frames between the first and last keyframe and divide it by the number of middle keyframes and then methodically set each keyframe exactly equidistant from the next. (e.g., if there are 300 frames between the start and end and you want three keyframes in the middle, make each keyframe 100 frames from the next one)

~jr

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