Ken Burns – multiple times

[Dave Gage]

Rob,

Excellent! This has been my recent question also-
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/4357

I hope someone decides to create a tutorial with some of the methods, ins and outs, and advantages/disadvantages of the different FCP X zooming approaches. This of course is all dependent on shooting at 1920 x 1080 and using using the footage on a 1280 x 720 timeline. This whole process is great in that it can give you pseudo 2-camera cuts and also the software version of pan and zoom. It’s perfect for guys like me who are a one man show with one camera.

Thanks,
Dave

[Jeff Greenberg]

Don’t cut the clip. Just keyframe it (the scale + position.)

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[Rob Herfel]

Jeff

Thanks – that is perfect. I had gotten so focused on trying it with the ken burns, that I didn’t look enough to figure it out! It’s great how fast you can move the scene to track someone.

Rob

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[Rob Herfel]

Dave –

It sounds like we are in similar positions –

I love the fact that that much of the projects I’m doing are just for youtube – 720 at the most for my audience, so I can shoot 1080 and get so many different ‘views’.

I had used two cameras for the last game I shot – one wide and one close in. I don’t move the wide view much, but it still gives some great clips to throw into the project. It really gives so much flexibility. I learned how to use the syncing to use the sound to get the clips two perfectly aligned – that is a time & hassle saver.

Rob

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[Dave Gage]

Rob,

Yep, couldn’t agree more. This whole 1080p to 720p project with Transform and keyframes is going to make my video life much more efficient and likely save me money buying a second camera. It is looking like the Transform/Keyframe method is going to make more sense then using the Ken Burns effect which is more limited to the a start and end point.

Dave

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Dave Gage] “It is looking like the Transform/Keyframe method is going to make more sense then using the Ken Burns effect which is more limited to the a start and end point.”

Get ready to be really frustrated – all keyframes in FCPX are ease in/out only, there are no linear keyframes, no bezier control. It can get annoying very quickly, I’m afraid to say.

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Dave Gage]

[Simon Ubsdell] “Get ready to be really frustrated – all keyframes in FCPX are ease in/out only, there are no linear keyframes, no bezier control. It can get annoying very quickly, I’m afraid to say.”

I haven’t messed with it too much, but haven’t run into any issues. Can you clarify what you mean by “keyframes in FCPX are ease in/out only“?

Thanks,
Dave

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Dave Gage] “Can you clarify what you mean by “keyframes in FCPX are ease in/out only”?”

Ease in/out keyframes make the movement slow down as it leaves/approaches the keyframe – this bothers a lot of people (see the recent “crop and feather” thread here) as they would prefer the option to have a continuous smooth movement between the keyframes (linear), or better still have user-adjustable control of the “easing” (typically bezier). in an ideal world we would have all three options (plus “constant” which is a step movement between keyframes).

if it’s not bothering you then carry on, forget I spoke 😉

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Dave Gage]

Simon,

Cool. I’m familiar with the concept for DAW fade in and fade outs, but I wasn’t familiar with the “easing” terminology. Makes perfect sense.

[Simon Ubsdell] “(see the recent “crop and feather” thread here)”

Yes, I’ve been following that thread also. I didn’t mess with keyframing much in FCP 7, so I’ve been trying to “school up” on animating with keyframes. I’ve read and watched everything I could the last couple of days. I didn’t have much use for it before, but I will from this point on. Thanks for the explanation.

Dave