Next Level Ken Burns Effects in FCP

Mark delivers a treasure trove of tips on how to get better Ken Burns effects - including how to create and publish a custom effects in Motion that gives you better control over the animation in FCP.
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Chapter Hyperlinks:
00:00 - Mark Introduction
00:39 - Ken Burns on Stills
02:35 - Ken Burns on Video
04:29 - Why Position & Scale Keyframes Don't Work
05:38 - Getting the Best of Both Worlds with Motion
07:49 - Why Publish an Effect and not a Title?
#FinalCutPro
#KenBurns
#Motion

[@JennJager]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Excellent.

[@rippleguys]

It was fun doing that livestream with you today - I loved the starfish

[@JennJager]

@@rippleguys likewise! That Multicam trick was aces. I will definitely be using that.

[@dreamsofcode]

Thank you for this. I've been playing with the idea of trying FCPx for my next project and not being able to ease zoom + pan was something that was limiting me! Aweasome stuff.

[@KitLaughlin]

That was past 'Next Level Ken Burns', Mark. Again, truly excellent.

[@remektekmedia6641]

Ripple Training is my #1 resource for learning how to use Final Cut Pro/Motion/Compressor. This episode is another gem! Thank you so much for this, Mark.

[@metamech7383]

I'm seriously creating a youtube playlist just for tips from you guys...labelling it Ripple Training Gurus. So much incredible information...but my memory can't keep up to your brilliance. Thank you a million times for your hard work and for sharing it with us.

[@johnprudent3216]

Definitely a “Now, why didn’t I think of that?!” moment. I might use this when I get to work. This’ll probably come in handy.

[@arossjr]

Holy Schnike! Too cool! I lol’d when published a single parameter to gain all that control! Genius!

[@chipcurry]

I got it! I'm doing a video about the bees and was able to zoom in so the viewers can see the queen bee. Thank you so much for doing this.

[@thedartside1050]

Easy and SUPER useful. Fantastic video. Thank you!!!!!!!!!

[@cajunstrat]

I use the snot out of this effect. It's muscle memory now. Thanks a bunch!!!

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

OMG! You may have just revolutionized how I do the virtual zooms on my youth bowling series, PRODIGY BOWLERS TOUR! Preserving as much resolution as I can this way is huge because I go way past the upper limits of what the resolution allows knowing that many of the show's viewers are watching on their phones anyway, and it holds together surprisingly well there. But this will improve the quality no matter where the viewers are watching. Game changer!

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Tried it. Doesn't work for my purposes. The herky-jerky motion of "Smooth" still makes these virtual camera moves fly all over the place when combined with scaling up (which is what my virtual zooms are). The third party plug-in "Add Motion" seems to solve this limitation in FCP. But I was really hoping to achieve something similar while staying "in the (Apple) box." Oh well, I'm sure this enhanced Ken Burns will come in handy for something else. Still, I was already sold on having Motion in my toolbox. I couldn't do what I do without it. And having the help of pros like you and Steve Martin makes it all the more enjoyable and accessible.

[@ToniMazzotti]

Wow! The best Final Cut and Motion educators! Period!

[@MarcelHuguenin]

The undisputed Master of Motion 😊 That was Next Level, thank you Mark!

[@tomb020780]

Blade the clip, then make the start and the end of the Ken Burns the same to zoom in and keep playing video at that Zoomed point - that's the help I needed! Good channel, thanks.

[@davidrfrench]

Why it’s beyond Apple to allow a choice of interpolation for any keyframed parameter, after ten years, is totally beyond me. This is a fantastic tip - so simple and useful.

[@KennethBDone]

Now where would we FCP editors be without Ripple Training? Thank you so much Mark for yet another essential tip!

[@bwilesuk]

Just created this for a project I'm currently working on and it works great, thank you very much!

[@SamVarma]

Mind blown. I'm editing multi camera 4k concert footage in a 1080 timeline and have been using keyframes to dynamically adjust scale/position on a per shot basis. Of course, it's a lot of work when you want to change the length of the shot or add a transition that will go beyond the key framing. This is about to save me loads of time! THANK YOU!!

[@AuthenTech]

Wow, that is pretty sweet. Love the fresh and unique approach!

[@KaiTiura]

"Pretty cool, right?" Yeah, man, pretty cool! Thanks! Took me a while to figure out the smooth vs linear thing. Makes all the difference.

[@InUAndo]

words cannot express how much I love this

[@JasonRamasami]

You guys are one of my favourite things on KZbin. Thankyou.

[@ParkerDigital02]

Thank you sooo much for this! Exactly what I needed. You're a peach of a human, Mark!

[@markspencer1203]

Thank you Rob!

[@seethelittlethings]

It’s the thumbnail for me 😱 😱 🔥

[@digitallocalleads8254]

How awesome. Thank you Love the bat behind the door by-the-way 😂

[@markspencer3104]

Actually a shower rod :-)

[@David2222]

Most excellent Mark. I’m nowhere near the computer…but absorbed 90% of the tutorial. Your streaming thought flow is great.

[@gimmetaco2037]

Breathing some new life into FCPX, dude. Thanks!

[@boutthere3374]

This was exactly what I wanted to do in a video a while back and I just gave up. I'm a fairly light user of FC/M but at some point I have to buy something off you guys to repay your hard work that never ceases to get through to me. Excellent work. Cheers.

[@BenjaminGib]

Absolutely next level for sure Mark! I really need to use this on a current batch of videos I’m doing so thank you for great timing making this upload and 17 years of helpful Final Cut and Motion tutorials!!

[@josephkowalewski2206]

Thank you for all the Ripple Training courses! Also, thank you for this very useful video!

[@bigmichis]

This is a great tip! Using both FCP and Motion for years and I had no idea. Very efficient and very useful! Thank you very much!

[@jhrace2]

Oh my gosh this keyframe/easing issue always drove me NUTS in Final Cut. Thank you!!

[@maxuuell]

I just had this problem the other day! Thank you so much. I had know idea that scaling didn't have smooth easing like that. Seems odd that final cut wouldn't just expose that Z axis, if it's that easy to drop in that property from motion 🤔

[@540Wildcats]

Smooth like butter…

[@TheFinalCutBro]

Love this! Crazy to me they don’t just add it in by default, but this is a great workaround.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

FANtastic. Thanks!

[@FraserHealVideo]

This is absolute gold. Well done Mark.

[@YouTube_ghitfdth]

Very helpful and solved a problem with Final cut!Thanks!👍🏻

[@ww3ok]

Perfect. I’m loving Motion more each day!

[@bwilesuk]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat - doing this today! I spent hours at the weekend trying a title clip version of this and this looks way better! Thanks for always sharing - you’re amazing!

[@thetangierc]

This is a simple and fantastic solution and it's unfortunate we just don't have this level of control built into FCP at this point. Thanks Mark!

[@MikeWittig]

This is what I've always needed in FCP. THANK YOU!

[@texashammer4]

Excellent, so well versed in your delivery and it’s super helpful!

[@matthewrobinson794]

This channel doesn't get enough love. It should be well over 100K subscribers

[@markspencer3104]

Ha we agree :-)

[@patrickblot9928]

Absolutely awesome tips tutorial!!! Thank you so much Mark 🙂 I'm starting to love Motion

[@explicitexplorers]

I've never used Motion and honestly I'm a bit terrified to start, but introducing it in brief glimpses while showing its perks is gonna be what gets me started. Great video as always

[@markspencer3104]

Go for it - [e-mail] if you get stuck.

[@inknpaintCW]

Great job clarifying the point AND giving us a simple but powerful tool! Love Motion.

[@nukeredsen]

So neat. I only recently created the title version in Motion and have just started using it. I'm now swapping to this, much more elegant solution.

[@neulandlotse]

Great. It looks amazing. With video, it just looks like a real camera movement to the object. Now we all could give our 4k drone shots a look like they were done with a camera in a helicopter 😂

[@nsawchyn]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you Mark. I’m just finishing up a 50 min documentary that is 90% archive photos. Made good use of the Ken Burns effect, and transform as well. But this would have made it so much simpler and less frustrating. BTW, though the effect is aptly named after Ken Burns, it was actually invented by a Canadian filmmaker named Colin Low who created docs for the NFB back in the 50s and 60s. Here’s a quote from his obituary from 2016 “Low received his second Palme d’Or for best short film at Cannes, along with another BAFTA award and Oscar nomination, for his 1957 documentary, City of Gold, on the Klondike Gold Rush. Co-directed with Wolf Koenig, it made innovative use of slow pans and zooms across archival photos, and was cited by Ken Burns as an inspiration for his own widespread use of this technique.” With regards to your effect, I published rotation as well to make it a little more versatile and named it the Colin Low Effect.

[@daydreamdesign]

Wow how many days did this take? a year?

[@curtbailey]

Very cool...and timely for me and my current project! 😎

[@tpf1952]

I’m gobsmacked! Incredibly helpful. Thank you, Mark!!!

[@ismatec]

Very clear and useful information about kern burns.👍🏻 You ve got a new subscriber! I wish you the best

[@nrgpolitics]

As always, very helpful!

[@AllTerrainFamily]

Another great tip. Thanks again!

[@IlyaAndreev-1]

Finally this tutorial is happened ❤️🙏

[@JoannaGryzewska]

Thanks Mark for this video! Finally I learned that it wasn’t me who was doing something wrong with the keyframing for scaling! Phew! I will check out your tip! Very useful!

[@valeriygusyev1877]

Wow! So easy and extremely useful! Bravo!

[@iangordon8688]

Another brilliant clear explanation thank you and more please

[@rapreactionaries5249]

thank you for this. amazing info. i didn't know all the capabilities of ken burns and am so excited to try some of these new moves out with it.

[@itstherealjg]

Thank you, Mark! That is so helpful! And you present it so well. Great!

[@hmhyfg]

Wow! That's incredible. Thank you so much for your tips

[@ChrisProuse]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelch5060]

This a great tip, one that I'm on my way to implement right now! Thanks Mark.

[@adirondackwoodsman]

Excellent tips. Just subscribed and will be trying this now. Thanks!

[@dougmorato]

Always super informative! Thanks!

[@DavidBattistella]

So easy to add that effect - and now a new tool in the arsenal! All we need now is the duplicate keyframe function to create the holds. But it's simple enough to just advance ten frames and create a new keyframe.

[@Unpeturbed]

That is great! I’ll be creating that first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks Mark, that’s cool.

[@SebastianCristanchoYT]

Sooo freaking pumped to try this out omg you’re awesome!! 👏🏼

[@donnelson8524]

*thud* (slowly comes to) I've been trying to find a way to do this for longer than I care to admit... and you solved it with a single publish. >respect

[@BenjaminGib]

Mark Spencer The Godfather of Motion

[@storyboardproductions]

Yes excellent video. Most helpful. Thanks.

[@west4coast77]

Thanks a lot Mark! Informative and easy to follow. Thanks for posting.

[@JBManos-gg2zm]

Next level thumbnail! Love it!

[@mikethomas3637]

Always good stuff. Thanks, Mark.

[@ronchallender7892]

Super, you are a great teacher and this really helps to make some moves on my video edits. Much appreciated.

[@ThruVisualMedia]

Thanks Mark great tool, Love it...keep on crushing it.

[@carloscanizares4699]

Amazing! This makes me miss the old "Send to Motion" function a bit less now :)

[@axlcinema]

Amazing Mark, thank you. Just what I needed.

[@madzimusic]

This was extremely helpful, thank you!!!

[@Jake-zc3fk]

Awesome tip Mark!! Thanks!!!

[@storyisgreater]

So freaken helpful! Thanks!

[@ParsclickTV]

love your tips keep posting videos ♥

[@m1kkole1nonen]

This is awesome, thank you!

[@woodycarr]

So useful! Thanks, Mark!

[@tomwolsky9921]

Thank you Mark.

[@JayHelms]

Outstanding! Thank you.

[@srcreations7661]

Marvellous...Very much helpful

[@alteregothehi-qs5774]

Amazing insights! Well done!

[@Markotron]

I love Mark’s clear and very useful explanations. The only thing that is always a little odd when I watch them is that my name is ALSO Mark Spencer... 😁 Great work, as always!

[@markspencer1203]

Are you English?

[@Markotron]

@@markspencer1203 I am indeed. From London originally.

[@adhd_focus_club]

Thanks for this, awesome tutorial!

[@IainAnderson]

Thanks Mark! One note - while I can replicate the quality loss of an adjustment layer in a 1080p timeline, if you use it in a UHD timeline with UHD footage, there's no quality loss when compared to an effect.

[@markspencer3104]

Yes that makes total sense to me - it is essentially "rasterizing" the video to the timeline resolution.

[@LesProductionsTechnoDenis2014]

Oh wow! Love it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@KaseyAtkins]

Ooo! Im giddy to try this. 🤯

[@Pedro_Alfonso]

That's awesome. Thank you!

[@philcobb2192]

That is great. Excellent tip!

[@TravelsByTrike]

simple and sweet, thanks!

[@missionaryfilmmaker2600]

You are the man my friend! I’ve literally been dying to figure a way to zoom in smoothly in FCPX… one thing that would make a huge difference would be able to control the amount it smoothly zooms at beginning or end of a scale keyframe just like the setting we have on slow motion when we slow a clip….

[@brewbuilds]

wow you packed a ton of great tips into that video! thanks a lot!

[@thedownloshow]

Nice tutorial! Will try this next time