How to freeze image after zoom with Camera?
I just watched a tutorial on youtube on how to do what I am asking but its not working for nothing and I have wasted over an hour with this! I have 3 images positioned how I want them in "Z" space.
With the Camera I want to zoom into the first image. That part I know how to do. Once it gets to that first image, I now want it to FREEZE on that photo for a few seconds before it zooms out to the next photo. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to lock the camera on the image before it animates again! I watched the tutorial over and over again and when I try it, it won't work. It zooms into the image but then it keeps animating which looks like a long slow pan revealing the other 2 photos on the screen thats not the look I am going for on this.
Now I will add that the last of the 3 images DOES FREEZE after it animates. I am guessing because I don't have any zooms after that image.
In a nutshell this is what I do.
Select Camera and position the playhead where I want it
Press Record and select the first image which is the one way in the back
Hit my "F" key which automatically zooms into the image and frames it up
Per the tutorial the guy says to now go into your inspector and click any one of the parameters to set a keyframe. Click it once then click it again.
Move my playhead forward to where I want the zoom out to end
Select the next image and repeat the process until I am done.
If you know of another way I should do this or how I can freeze the camera from not zooming out to the next image right away, I sure would like to hear from you! I can't figure this simple thing out for nothing.
With the Camera I want to zoom into the first image. That part I know how to do. Once it gets to that first image, I now want it to FREEZE on that photo for a few seconds before it zooms out to the next photo. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to lock the camera on the image before it animates again! I watched the tutorial over and over again and when I try it, it won't work. It zooms into the image but then it keeps animating which looks like a long slow pan revealing the other 2 photos on the screen thats not the look I am going for on this.
Now I will add that the last of the 3 images DOES FREEZE after it animates. I am guessing because I don't have any zooms after that image.
In a nutshell this is what I do.
Select Camera and position the playhead where I want it
Press Record and select the first image which is the one way in the back
Hit my "F" key which automatically zooms into the image and frames it up
Per the tutorial the guy says to now go into your inspector and click any one of the parameters to set a keyframe. Click it once then click it again.
Move my playhead forward to where I want the zoom out to end
Select the next image and repeat the process until I am done.
If you know of another way I should do this or how I can freeze the camera from not zooming out to the next image right away, I sure would like to hear from you! I can't figure this simple thing out for nothing.
1.8 G5 PowerMac & 2.33 Dual Core Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 4gigs of RAM, 250g &120g HD's, Final Cut Pro Studio2
