[MacDV] Re: keynote2 to FCP

[sb]

Steve:

I disagree with you about using iMovie to do pan and scan for a FCP project.

You cannot ease the moves in and out, like you can with FCP. You cannot
control the path the move takes. Also, if you are doing more than just one
move on the picture, you have to work with copies of the images.
And, iMovie doesn't give you accurate real time feedback of the moves.
There's a lot of lurching that's not really present when you export. Not to
mention how hard it is to add multiple effects along with narration and
music. And then make changes.

FCP does the square and rectangular pixel resizing of flat images
automatically for you. I'm not sure what you mean by "prepare" a still image
destined for FCP.

Anyone who is willing to learn how to edit with FCP is certainly is capable
of the 10 minutes or so it takes to learn how to keyframe either in the
viewer or the canvas.
As others have written earlier, once you place your image on the timeline,
there are three steps. 1. Position the image (left- right on screen, zoomed
in or out) and set the keyframes. 2. Move the playhead to the next point in
time. 3. Reposition the image.
Then you can use the additional controls in FCP to adjust the bezier curves,
add ease in and out points, and generally make it look like a professional
job.

 regards,

 sb


On 2/18/05 12:00 PM, "Steve Robertson" <stever at mindspring.com> wrote:

> The motion controls in Final Cut are pretty easy to use, once you
> figure them out. But there is an easier alternative if you don't have
> time to figure them out right away. Just import your still photo into
> iMovie, use the Ken Burns Effect controls to create your pan and scan,
> then export the clip as a full quality QuickTime .mov and import into
> Final Cut. There are also other programs that create pan and scans from
> stills and have more options than iMovie.
> 
>  From my experience, iMovie will do a pretty good job of re-sizing
> almost any still photo you throw at it, while you usually have to
> prepare a photo destined to go straight into Final Cut - and all this
> business about square pixels and rectangular pixels can be just as
> confusing as motion controls.
> 
> Steve R.
> 
> On Friday, February 18, 2005, at 12:39  PM, Alex wrote:
> 
>> Hi Aashram
>> 
>> I am guessing that you have the production suite if you are using
>> motion and FCP
>> You are capable of "Pan and Scan" (this is the industry term for the
>> Ken Burns effect) in FCP
>> On 18 Feb 2005, at 14:44, aashram wrote:
>> 
>>>  I am doing a promotional short  video for a charity,
>>> and I need some graphics sequences highlighting what the
>>> narrator is saying, for example a map of the area which I need
>>> to slowly zoom into (ken burns 'ish)
>>> should I should keynote2 ? flash ? or do it straight on final cut pro
>>> or motion ? I am new to both FCP and Motion.
>>> 
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