Pre-programmed key frames for Ken Burns effects

[dsttexas]

Has anyone developed any Edit Effects add-ins that would do basic pan and zoom - in a few simple varieties? I'll be interested in the new tool in version 10, but have a project with lots of photos to edit in the meantime, and wanted to avoid the individual key framing process on each and every one.

Thanks.

[Chuck Engels]

If you start with the Pan and Zoom theme you can just go through and make minor tweaks.

[momoffduty]

If you start with the Pan and Zoom theme you can just go through and make minor tweaks.

Be sure to tweak! I once saw a slideshow at a visitation that the pans & zooms ended up on unflattering parts of the photos.

I copy & past attributes to photos which saves time. If photo 1 is similar to photo 5, 7 & 9 then copy & paste 3 at a time. If photo 2 is similar to say photos 3,4,8 then copy & paste those. All you have to do at that point is jump to the keyframe on a photo and adjust the positions numbers to tweak.

[Jordanmphoto]

Has anyone developed any Edit Effects add-ins that would do basic pan and zoom - in a few simple varieties? I'll be interested in the new tool in version 10, but have a project with lots of photos to edit in the meantime, and wanted to avoid the individual key framing process on each and every one.

I had the same problem as you. I don't know about the PE 10 "new" tool, but there is a way to do this in PE 9. To avoid the individual key frames, create a slide show from within the Organizer. It can create a video slide show using Ken Burns effect and can be broken apart in PE9 if you want to edit the slides and transitions individually (I believe you have to right click the clip to break it apart). I advise saving time by organizing the slide show as closely as you can from within the Organizer before making the slide show. It is a lot more laborious to move slides around in the PE Sceneline. I did this by creating an album and organizing the slides as I wanted them. I then used the "Create" tab to make a slide show. You can adjust duration and global transitions here and then check the "Apply pan and zoom to all slides" which will make it Ken Burns.