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Pan “Hold” Or “Pause” – Then Move Smoothly To Next Keyframe
Hi all,
Old newbie here, my last post was 6 years ago. A funny thing happened on my way to learning Vegas…but that’s another story.
I recently figured out how to use Pan/Crop by searching, reading and searching some more. I’m amazed at how many times a Google search with regard to Vegas use ends up here and by reading posts I’ve learned a lot. So thanks to all who helped long after initial post.
One thing I can’t seem to nail down is, if I wish to pan to a spot and pause to have text fade in or, add text to the image and have the pan linger so the text can be read, I’m not seeing how to do this. Of course I can have the keyframe “hold” but I’m not seeing how to then continue on the the next keyframe without a jump to it. Ideally there would be a pause and then the pan would continue on but I can’t figure out how to make this work.
Thanks in advance for the help I know will come.
Ken
Another unscheduled off-world activation…
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3 Replies
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It’s easy once you know how…
Just make a duplicate keyframe after the keyframe that you want to pause the pan/crop at, i.e. with the same settings as the first keyframe. Then add keyframes after the duplicate keyframe to continue the pan/crop. The pan/crop will effectively be paused between the two identical keyframes.
You can create a duplicate (copy) keyframe by Ctrl-dragging (on the keyframe timeline at the bottom of the pan/crop window) the keyframe you wish to duplicate, and placing the new keyframe at the point you wish to end the pause.
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The solution to all of my problems should be so simple. ;o)
And, as with many topics there appears to be more than one way to arrive at the same solution. I simply selected the first keyframe, hit CRTL C and then clicked on the timeline downstream and hit CRTL V. The pan continues from the duplicate keyframe without adding more after it.
Thanks Matt,
Ken
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You can also copy MULTIPLE keyframes using the CTRL C and CTRL V shortcuts. This can come in handy when you have a series of keyframes tied to a picture and want to repeat those keyframes for multiple pictures. To select a continuous group of keyframes, left-click on the left keyframe you want, then SHIFT left-click on the last keyframe you want to copy. This “selects” that group of keyframes. Now do your CTRL C to copy them, then CTRL V to paste them into your timeline. You can also “group” move the just pasted keyframes as long as you haven’t clicked-off somewhere else. Just grab one of the keyframes and drag and the rest follow.
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