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photo stills questions/comments
thanks for pointing me to lyric’s pan and zoom demo. after fiddling with it a bit, i like it so far. one big question remains for this and even doing stills with the regular FCP motion controls. after setting up beginning and ending frames, etc., when you throw a dissolve between shots, there is that abrupt start and stop at the beginning and end of each clip since the dissolve begins 15 frames (with a 1-sec dissolve) BEFORE the in point of a clip, and ends 15 frames AFTER the out point…where there is no movement. the solution seems to be to go back and trim 15 frames off the front and back of each clip to be dissolved, but i’m guessing there might be a better idea out there in FCP land?
thanks for helping out a bonehead,
jtn
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Mort,
When I move stills I do it one of two ways.
The first method is to layer them on separate video layers. So my first still will sit on V1, I do the move within FCP and then I throw my second still on V2 and perform the move. I then either put a dissolve on the V2 track or use the opacity parameter to cross dissolve between the shots.
Another way is to figure out your duration first. Lay in both stills on V1 and throw a dissolve on the transition. First, get the timing of the transition right. Then, pick your motion start and stop positions and keyframe them. (I usually make these keyframes somewhere in the middle of the shot so I can easily see the motion path without interference from any other video) You can then move those keyframes in the motion tab to the head and tail of your shot. I usually will move the keyframes a few frames beyond the dissolve point so that I don’t see any abrupt stops. Basically you are letting the motion continue after the shot is off screen, you won’t see it but it ensures that the image will always “flow” into the next image. Do this for the start and stop point of each shot and you should see great results.
Hope it helps
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Mort,
Bob is right about keyframes in the motion tab, but when you use PZP there are no keyframes, BUT, I believe there’s a default hold of about 5-15 frames which you can turn off.
Have a wonderful day.
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