Set exact pixel dimensions for cropping?

I'm using Final Cut to zoom in on a segment of film. Its a video of a choir concert, and I want to begin with a shot of the entire choir, zoom in on a soloist, and stay on that image for a while. Right now, I have the full choir image cropped the way I want, and the soloist image cropped the way I want, and I have the segment that I would like to be Ken Burns-ed cut and ready to be zoomed.


Is there a way to set the cropping dimensions to be exactly the dimensions on the video segments on either side of the Ken Burns-ed clip? To clarify:

Full image cropped = Top: 104px, Bottom: 48px, L: 218px, R: 53 px

Small image cropped = Top: 483px, Bottom: 75px, L: 266 px, R. 727 px

I want Ken Burns to zoom from the first crop dimensions to the second crop dimension, that match the clips on either side. When I try to do this by clicking and dragging the crop box, it jumps between groups of pixels, so I can never land exactly on the dimensions I want.


Any thoughts out there?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on May 13, 2016 1:08 PM

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May 13, 2016 10:09 PM in response to emericks

emericks wrote:

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I want Ken Burns to zoom from the first crop dimensions to the second crop dimension, ...


cropping isn't Ken Burns 😉 ....

what you actually do is...

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what you want is ...

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  • set playhead at beginning of clip
  • in the Inspector, scale and position clip
  • move playhead where you like to start zooming-in
  • set a keyframe (scale & position)
  • move playhead where you want the zoom to end
  • in the Inspector, scale and position clip


done ... that's Ken Burns Manually ... 😉



btw: tried your numbers .... that's a lot of zoom!

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.... you'll notice a huge loss of pic quality .... video isn't 'stills'.

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