FCP: Can I zoom linearly in post?
Hello. Im trying to pull an effect whereby I zoom way in on a still and pan to the side slightly so that the subjects eye takes up the whole screen, over a period of 5-10 seconds (with a video masked and composited in the eye). Im using two key frames in Scale and two in Center in the Motion tab to try pull this off. The problem is that the FCP zooms in very quickly at first, then zooms slowly.
(Here's what's happening, best I can tell: Although I'm starting with the Scale smaller than 100, say, for example the still is scaled at 100 on the first keyframe, and scaled to 1000 on the last, over period of ten seconds. During the fist second, the image would go from a scale of 100 to a scale of 200 or double in size, but by time you got from the 9th second to the 10th the image has only gotten about 12% bigger during that second.)
1. Is there any way to make FCP zoom linearly, in a similar way one would zoom in with a consumer camera with consistent speed zoom switch? (I will need to still be able to composite video over the eye).
2. If no, what plug in or other program would you suggest? Ive hard of Moving Picture form Stage Tools, but I dont know if it handles zooming/scaling any differently from FCP, and do not know if it will allow me to composite video inside the still. Can After Effects do this?
I tried control-clicking on the first keyframe to smooth the overly fast zoom at first, but this makes the Center function act weird.
I also tried making multiple keyframes in both Scale and Center so that the Scale doubled every second, but this just makes the zoom jerky and really complicates panning.
I even tried exporting the modified clip, running it though compressor (ProRes) to change it to its own clip, re-importing, and used time remapping with curves in an attempt to smooth out the zoom. That was a joke I had to slow the clip down so much at the beginning that looked terrible.
Thanks,
Chris
Hello. Im trying to pull an effect whereby I zoom way in on a still and pan to the side slightly so that the subjects eye takes up the whole screen, over a period of 5-10 seconds (with a video masked and composited in the eye). Im using two key frames in Scale and two in Center in the Motion tab to try pull this off. The problem is that the FCP zooms in very quickly at first, then zooms slowly.
(Here's what's happening, best I can tell: Although I'm starting with the Scale smaller than 100, say, for example the still is scaled at 100 on the first keyframe, and scaled to 1000 on the last, over period of ten seconds. During the fist second, the image would go from a scale of 100 to a scale of 200 or double in size, but by time you got from the 9th second to the 10th the image has only gotten about 12% bigger during that second.)
1. Is there any way to make FCP zoom linearly, in a similar way one would zoom in with a consumer camera with consistent speed zoom switch? (I will need to still be able to composite video over the eye).
2. If no, what plug in or other program would you suggest? Ive hard of Moving Picture form Stage Tools, but I dont know if it handles zooming/scaling any differently from FCP, and do not know if it will allow me to composite video inside the still. Can After Effects do this?
I tried control-clicking on the first keyframe to smooth the overly fast zoom at first, but this makes the Center function act weird.
I also tried making multiple keyframes in both Scale and Center so that the Scale doubled every second, but this just makes the zoom jerky and really complicates panning.
I even tried exporting the modified clip, running it though compressor (ProRes) to change it to its own clip, re-importing, and used time remapping with curves in an attempt to smooth out the zoom. That was a joke I had to slow the clip down so much at the beginning that looked terrible.
Thanks,
Chris
