motion tab /"Ken Burns" /ease in-out

Hi,

I'm having difficulty getting mu pans and zooms on photos to "ease in & out" with the motion tab. After I set the key frames, I followed the steps outlined in a Larry Jordan tutorial (at least I think I did) -- I control (right) clicked the green end points on the canvas which indicate the move from point A to point B; a menu popped up giving two choices, either "ease in/out", or "linear"; I chose "ease in/out" and touch nothing else, and this has yielded weird results, with the move going off course, going to the end point then backing up, bumps, hiccups, etc. I have tried to figure out which "handles" to move, but they're almost impossible to see and I can't seem to get them to work. I'm just looking for a "soft takeoff and landing" on the moves -- this should be simple, right?

I'll appreciate any advice and guidance.

Thanks,

Tom McAfee

Steve, thanks. Unfortunately I've never used Motion or AE, so I'll check out your video as a place to start. Meanwhile, I'm looking into a free plug-in "Pan and Zoom" by FxFactory, looks promising.

Thanks I'll take a look.
Meanwhile, the plug-in is made by Noise industries, and here's a demo:

David, thanks . . . that sounds rather complex and time consuming. In the meantime I've discovered a free plug-in -- Pan and Zoom by Noise Industries -- that may do the trick once I get it figured out.

I'm sorry, just realized we're not in the FCPX forum and your using Legacy. Everything I've said is completely irrelevant.

Haha, yeah. Legacy, or some call it legend. Either way, seems like a good fit to me. I think of it more as pre-FCPX, rather than FCP 7 specifically... and find it somewhat endearing of the software.

Not that the term or being EOL'd and replaced makes the software any less capable than it has been for years.