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Ease in/out keyframe motion – center positioning controls -help needed!
Hi, I am learning FCP coming from Premier Pro so this be a basic question to many!
When trying to make a still jpeg in a project pan say from left to right. I can get this to work fine but the movement is sudden (linear). I understand I have to opt click on keyframes and select smooth or ease in/ease out.
In the motion tab these centre keyframes are black so I can’t opt click and select ‘smooth’ like I can with other parameters like scale etc.
So when in clip video window or veiwer with wireframe & clip set to view motion path I opt click one of the keyframes (start or end) and select ease in/ease out. This extends out a bezier handle out to side, now after not touching this I then playback clip and my motion pan path is messed up. Image moves left to right to left again, and as far as I can see I haven’t moved the motion path- just added ease in/ease out function. I use this function in Premier Pro all the time and it works simply!?
Am I missing something major here? I been over the manual again and again.Thanks
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Sounds like you’ve messed up the keyframes and added one somehow. If you want a simple movement from left to right I’d reset it and start again.
Position the playhead where you want the motion to start. Position the image in its start position. Select the image and press the keyframe button.
Move the playhead to the end position in the timeline and move the image it it’s end position. You should have a motion path with a green center keyframe at each end of the motion.
Control or right click on the start keyframe and select ease in/ease out. Do the same for the end keyframe.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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Cheers Tom,
That is exactly how I was trying to do it, but selecting ease in/out on start and end keyframes (of only 2) Produced bezier curve handles that resembled a rollercoaster, also did the movement! And I checked to see if I had left hidden keyframes in and started with new image etc. Weird. Will try it again later.
Also I have searched a lot of archives here and there seems to be a few with similar control problems. And it seems suck a simple move to do, but also very common in my type of work.
I’m a combustion and premier user so I know it’s not just me!
Is FCP not the right program to use for making promo DVDs made up from moving layers of stills and layer/text/graphics comps?
Should I just stick to a compositing program like combustion?
Cheers
Stevo -
“(of only 2)”
What does that mean? The start and end keyframes, little green dots in the Canvas.
You’re doing something wrong. A simple motion from left to right of the screen works correctly. No roller coaster. Did you reset the motion values? You might try trashing your preferences and learn to do it in a clean project. If it’s done correctly it does work.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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