Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1164)

Chapter 18 Working with Freeze Frames and Still Images 379
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m Double-click a clip in the Browser to open it in the Viewer, then enter a value in the
Timecode Duration field.
m Select a clip in the Browser, then choose Edit > Item Properties. Click the Timing tab,
then enter a value in the Duration field. For more information, see Volume II, Chapter 5,
“Working with Projects, Clips, and Sequences.”
Example: Adding Camera Motion to Still Images
You’ve probably seen documentaries that show a graceful camera pan or tilt across a
still image, sometimes slowly zooming in or out. These kinds of effects are traditionally
done with a motion control camera, which is a device that consists of a static camera
and a mobile, programmable photo table. The photo table can be programmed to
move slowly past the camera in several directions and rotate around a pivot point.
These sorts of camera moves bring life to otherwise static images, greatly enhancing
movies that must rely on archival photographs and documents to create a meaningful
visual narrative.
Final Cut Pro can achieve similar effects by animating the motion parameters of a
high-resolution still image.
Important: To create moving graphics with acceptable quality, the horizontal and
vertical dimensions of your still image must be greater than the frame size of the
sequence that contains it. If you need to set the Scale parameter of your image over
100 percent to achieve a particular effect, your still image wasn’t created with high
enough resolution.
Follow these steps to learn how to create slow zooming and panning effects with a still
image in Final Cut Pro.
Note: For more information about learning to use keyframes, see Chapter 15, “ Adjusting
Parameters for Keyframed Effects ,” on page 287.
Enter a new duration here.