animate/jump still image in FCP
by Eric Holzapfel
on
May 18, 2009 at 6:30:00 pm
Hello Everyone,
I am working on a series of still images, imported into FCP.
Kind of a my version of a Ken Burns type project. I have a series of
still images taken at a Civil War re-enactment. I have one shot of a cannon firing. I would like to do a Flash kind of jump back/jump forward with bounce easing to emulate recoil from the cannon firing.
Can I do this type of thing with FCP? or... is type of action/animation better suited to Adobe After Effects or Apple Motion?
I played around a little with the "bezier" effect for a keyframe, and the anchor point, and center displacement, but I figure to contact the panel of experts for some guidance.
Re: animate/jump still image in FCP by Dave LaRonde on May 18, 2009 at 8:05:44 pm
[Eric Holzapfel]"...is {this} type of action/animation better suited to Adobe After Effects or Apple Motion?"
Indeed it is. You would drive yourself nuts trying to do it in FCP, and if you're not familiar with After Effects, you may drive yourself nuts trying to do in in AE, too...but you would have greater success.
Don't forget that you have to build a replacement background for the hole that you'll leave when you cut out the cannon.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: animate/jump still image in FCP by John Fishback on May 18, 2009 at 8:13:08 pm
I agree with Dave It's much easier in Motion or AE. In fact, Motion has a couple of bounce behaviors.
John
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Re: animate/jump still image in FCP by Eric Holzapfel on May 18, 2009 at 11:04:48 pm
Hello Guys,
I have semi-good news. I do not want to cut the cannon out of the image. That would be a fair amount of work. Although, after I become more familiar with AE, that would be a good exercise for me! My first idea is to just move the entire image (720x480) back a little, jump forward a very little (and fast), then back to orig position. I will guess that After Effects would be the best choice again. A "bounce" back, and then move back to orig x pos, with a little bounce.
I have been watching, in amazement, the creative cow tutorials, and what Afer effects can do!! But, it must be in the "right hands".
