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One more try at an answer
I posted this question a couple of weeks ago but never got any response, so I’ll try once more and if I get no response I’ll go ahead and assume the keyframes must be manually adjusted.
Jay
I have been using Canopus Imaginate for most of my still photo montages, but am using PPro 2.0 for my latest project for the added control.
I am setting the stills into the timeline and adding motion and adding my default transition after the clip is set and motion is added. When I set the transition after the clip is set, the keyframes are moved at the beginnig and end of the transition. I want the clip to continue with motion throughout the transition.
Is there a way to accomplish this without manually adjusting the keyframes to the beginning and end of the transition.
I am not setting the transition before the clip because some of the clips fade to black and I would be unable to see the motion under the transition.
Hope that makes sense,
Thanks,
JayH
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2 Replies
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So…how is this working?
-You set keyframes at the extreme limits (in and out points) of the clip for your motion…then,
-You put in your transitions and the keyframes move?
I assume what is happening is that the keyframes are staying stationary and when the transitions are added and the trim is expanded to include enough overlap to greate the transitions, you see the ending/beginning keyframe.
In the top, right corner of the effect controls panel, there is a little arrow button that will open a menu. Inside that menu, there is an item called “pin to clip”…when that is checked, the effect controls window will only allow you to see the area included in between the in and out points of the clip you have selected. When you uncheck it, it allows you to place keyframes outside of the in/out points on the timeline.
In theory, if you knew how long your transitions were going to be, you could place the first and last keyframe far enough outside the trim where you would not have to rework it…
TimK,
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Yes, I was placing the keyframes at the extreme in out points of the clip.
My assumption was that the keyframes moved once the transition was placed between the two clips, but I did not realize that frames were being added to the clip to facilitate the transition.
So it seems the easiest way to accomplish what I want is to manually move the frames after the transition is set, as I have been doing.
And just to clarify, the reason I need to move the frames is I want motion to be consistent throughout the playing of the clip. If I do not move the keyframes, then the clip begins static during the transition, then reaches the keyframe and begins the motion.
Next photo montage I’ll try the pin to clip, but it sounds a little more intensive than just manually adjusting the frames after the transition is set.
Thanks Tim,
JayH
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