by sififraser » Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:26 am
Let's say I have a clip of a man sitting at a desk writing a letter. Towards the end of the shot he pauses and chews the end of his pen as he thinks.
I select the clip- open 'Applied Effects/ Motion - adjust the position and scale (either dragging or changing the numbers) for the start of the clip - (The shot zooms in on his hands writing) I find the point in the clip where the zoom should end and reframe the shot as close up of his hands -(The shot then pans up to his face) I find the point in the clip where the pan should start and enter the current scale and position - find the point where the pan should end and reframe the shot on his face. I enter the position and scale values.
When I run the clip I realise it's all too much, so I erase all the position and scale markers except the first one and the last one. Instead of getting a slow Zoom, I get a mix of the new and the old motion paths.
I can see the old motion path on the image even though the position/scale points that created it are no longer there.
Is there a way of blitzing the motion path once it has been created?