[John Kane]

This is a follow-up to my initial post on this problem.

I’ve done a bit of testing and concluded the problem of the un-removable long blank at the end of the timeline is a function of the initial slide. If from the Event Library, you’ll get the long blank. However, if it’s from iPhoto (via clicking on the camera icon) there’s no problem. Neither the size nor aspect ratio of the initial slide seems to matter. Once other slides have been added from the Event Library the initial iPhoto slide can be deleted.

[John Kane]

Jeremy,

Thanks for your suggestions. Both worked.

John.

[John Kane]

Ronny,

Thanks! Worked like a charm. And I learned a lot of stuff along the way, such as how adding a transformation to the adjustment layer crop can reposition the end-of-TL crop on the screen.

John.

[John Kane]

Ronny,

Thanks for your detailed response. Unfortunately, after trying it ten times I’m still unable to make it work.

On my latest go:
Opened the still (2407w x 3119h, Tiff) in the timeline and selected the clip
Changed the duration to 10 seconds
Activated crop mode via Shift+C, selected “Crop”
Moved the playhead one second into the clip
Left initial aspect ratio unchanged. All sliders were at center (0 px) positions.
Added a keyframe to every slider in the inspector under the “Crop” section.
Moved the playhead to nine seconds
Adjusted all four the sliders, creating a horizontal rectangle at the top of the viewer. Their pixel positions were shown as: L=967, R=757, T=72, B=2803,
Added a keyframe to every slider in the inspector under the “Crop” section.
Under “Type” selected “Crop”
Clicked on “Done”
When I ran the clip it zoomed in, but the final position had the same aspect ratio as the initial position, even though the pixel positions next to the sliders had the numbers shown above
However, if I click on the playhead in the timeline and drag from left to right, the viewer shows the frame moving to the desired position.
Tried rendering the clip, but the playback didn’t change.

What am I doing wrong?