panning and zooming on stills

[Matthew Brunn]

Do you know how to set a keyframe? If you don’t, you really need to read your manual or go to the help menu. If you do know how to set keyframes, then I’m not sure what you are asking.

Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
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FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3

[Bill Willins]

drop photo image on timeline – dbl click to open in Viewer – have scale in motion tab read 120 – park playhead on first frame of clip in timeline -click on motion tab – click on small diamond next to scale ( this adds a keyframe) – now click playhead in timeline to last frame of video clip, then go back one frame (use back space arrow on keyboard) – click to add another keyframe here up in your Motion tab – now change the scale value to 100 – up in motion tab right click on GREEN triangles …select smooth. congrats , you just did a photo zoom in.

you want to import photos at 72 dpi , 900 pixels wide … so you have a little room to work with them. If you start getting pixelation trying applying a small .5 Gaussian Blur from your effects and also use Flicker Filter under Video tab in Effects.

[Jeremy Garchow]

If you are working at dv resolution (and only dv), this program is easy:

https://www.grantedsw.com/still-life/

Otherwise use motion, or preferably after effects for nice moves.

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[Adam Grabel]

Thanks, this is the info I’m looking for. I just needed an idea on how to proceed with the zoom and pan, so that I can play and adjust with it, and get to know the function better.

[Kevin Monahan]

click to add another keyframe here up in your Motion tab – now change the scale value to 100

It is a wasted stroke to add a second keyframe. All you need to do is change the slider or enter a new value and a second keyframe is automatically added for you.

Cheers.

Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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