Straight move with keyframes?

Setting the keyframes to linear will do it.

Is the animation going to a position, stopping, pausing, and then starting again? If so, you have to be carefull because there are two keyframes one on top of the other. You have to go to the keyframe, shift the image of the way to access the underlying keyframe and set it to linear. Then reposition precisely so the keyframes match. Using whole intergers in the inspector will make it easier.

Place a keyframe anywhere between the two originals keyframes and then remove it. Repeat this operation multiple times at different places between the two originals keyframes. It should have fixed the problem.

Tom,

I am having the same problem. I am trying to do simple moves around a hi-rez picture. I start wide... ZOOM to a CU... hang there for a bit... then PAN to another portion of the same image.

But... my picture gently "wobbles" between keyframes, EVEN THOUGH the parameters for the next set of keyframes (shown in the inspector) are EXACTLY the same as the previous keyframe. What gives? I read in your posts that I may need to change my keyframes to "linear." If so, I can't figure how.

Last... is there a way to do MULTIPLE moves in Ken Burns? I only see one "begin" and one "end?"

I appreciate your time.

- DS

This might help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-oB2fCT_N8

I called it ZPR for Zoom Pan Return -- but you can turn off parts of the transitions... and, you can delete the title entries if you don't want any text on the screen from the inspector.

The video pretty much explains it all, and there's a link in the description to download the effect (title). It's free --

Hope you find it helpful.

Make sure the hold position is at a full integer X,Y value. At the keyframe move the image so you see both keyframes in the viewer. Right-click on each of the keyframes and set the interpolation to Linear. Put the image back in its correct hold position by dialing in the integer values in Position X,Y value boxes in the inspector.

@Tom, It worked! Thanx!

I'll give 'er a try.

I am having the same ease in/out issue and nothing mentioned here has worked. I set interpolation to linear. I made sure the positions were full integer X,Y values. And still I get these goof-ball moves right at the ends of the motion.

I too am simply trying to move a shot from one point to another (tho mine incorporates a slight zoom-in). It's a still, and the focus of the image is moving down from top right to center, zooming in slightly during the path so that it dominates the frame at path's end.

Despite following the above directives I'm getting slight "hooks" if you will at both ends of the path. Just as it's embarking on the path from right to left it first nudges to the right before it heads left as designed and then just before it ends its run, it hooks back right for a few frames. The zoom-in progresses unabated while this is going on.

Maddening.

If you using a scale function as well you'll get drift because the position and scale work very differently. Try animating the middle Crop function if you want to scale and position.

Frustrating...
However, I found a work around. Keeping Tom's last comment in mind (that scale and position work very differently) I left the position values alone, and set my anchor point the the area I wanted to zoom into. I then re-framed the displaced video in my canvas and keyframed my scale values.

This gives you a nice consistent zoom to a selected area on your canvas, not an awkward dolphin dive into the dead space behind your clip.

Good 2 know! But, please clarify...Did you set your "anchor" as your FIRST key frame, then back out (by re-framing the displaced video in your canvas) to re-assign a NEW key frame... And in the process, THIS becomes your first or beginning key frame?

Hmm... That just spun my head.

I didn't keyframe the anchor point, I just offset the point onto the area I wanted to zoom towards, and then re-centered the clip in my canvas.

Since the Scale parameter scales around the anchor point, it gives the same effect without changing the position values.

To sum it up: By changing your anchor point, you change the point your clip scales and rotates around. From there, you just have to keyframe your scale parameter and it will give the illusion of a zoom and a displacement.

All good?

Are you doing a zoom in on an image? You can also try using the Crop/Crop function to set start and end points.

Yes, animating a crop works. And, yes, I've perfected the single move using the scale function.

But... I'm doing a series of moves (with pauses at certain points) inside very hi-rez images. This is where it gets complicated and the spurious "hooks" come into play. And, for the most part, the various work-arounds mentioned in this discussion work. (And, I thank you, Mr. Wolsky!)

But, I still get the slightest of "hitches" at each point. And I don't get the benefit of "ramp up / down" as it relates soley to "speed." (I get the sudden stops / starts.) Yes, there are work-arounds here, too... like compounding / exporting the clips and then initiating "holds," etc. I've also used third-party plug-ins. But, even they have limitations when it comes to executing multiple moves.

Sigh...

I actually miss the ADO I was using way back in 90's. Intuitive. I would throw an image into the box, manipulate it, preview it, no render time...

But, thanks again, Tom. I shall be needing your wisdom in the future. You're good people.