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It's easy to create the Ken Burn's style of effect using Final Cut Pro.
Drag a megapixel still image into a sequence.
The more pixels the better.
Double click on the still image in your sequence.
This loads it into the Viewer window.
Click on the Motion Tab at the top of the Viewer window.
Notice how Final Cut Pro has automatically scaled the image to fit your sequence size
and aspect ratio.
Park the mouse cursor on the scale parameter and roll the mouse wheel or rollerball until
the image is back to 100% of it's original size.
Move the playhead indicator to the first frame of the clip.
In the Canvas window turn on the Image + Wireframe mode from the view pop-up menu.
Zoom out from the Canvas window by using the keyboard shortcut (command minus) so you can
get a feel for the size of your original image versus the viewable picture area.
Re-position your image within the Canvas window at the point you'd like the motion to start.
Press the add-motion keyframe button in the lower right portion of the canvas. Notice
how it automatically places keyframes for all these parameters.
You may need to adjust the size of your viewer window in order to see motion parameter timeline
area for your clip.
Move the playhead indicator to the last frame of your clip.
Reposition your image within the Canvas window to the place you'd like it to end up when
finished.
You can also right click on this green control point to change your motion so it eases-in.
Okay, that's it, go ahead and play the sequence.
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