Next Level Ken Burns Effects in FCP

[@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.

[@cajunstrat]

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

[@thedartside1050]

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

[@mdturnerinoz]

Thanks!

[@markspencer3104]

Thank you Martin.

[@madzimusic]

This was extremely helpful, thank you!!!

[@adhd_focus_club]

Thanks for this, awesome tutorial!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

FANtastic. Thanks!

[@ParkerDigital02]

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

[@markspencer1203]

Thank you Rob!

[@josephkowalewski2206]

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

[@540Wildcats]

Smooth like butter…

[@adirondackwoodsman]

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

[@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.

[@KitLaughlin]

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

[@storyboardproductions]

Yes excellent video. Most helpful. Thanks.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@InUAndo]

words cannot express how much I love this

[@digitallocalleads8254]

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

[@markspencer3104]

Actually a shower rod :-)

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@thedownloshow]

Nice tutorial! Will try this next time

[@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!!

[@bwilesuk]

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

[@matthewrobinson794]

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

[@markspencer3104]

Ha we agree :-)

[@ToniMazzotti]

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

[@JasonRamasami]

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

[@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.

[@David2222]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@alteregothehi-qs5774]

Amazing insights! Well done!

[@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!

[@KennethBDone]

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

[@texashammer4]

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

[@jhrace2]

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

[@iangordon8688]

Another brilliant clear explanation thank you and more please

[@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?

[@YouTube_ghitfdth]

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

[@AuthenTech]

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

[@ww3ok]

Perfect. I’m loving Motion more each day!

[@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!

[@Anastuna]

Very Nice 👍🏼

[@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.

[@MarcelHuguenin]

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

[@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!

[@tpf1952]

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

[@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!!

[@HOUSEofKLAUS1972]

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

[@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.

[@ChrisProuse]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheFinalCutBro]

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

[@AllTerrainFamily]

Another great tip. Thanks again!

[@brewbuilds]

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

[@ismatec]

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

[@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 🤔

[@BenjaminGib]

Mark Spencer The Godfather of Motion

[@Valeriy_Gusyev]

Wow! So easy and extremely useful! Bravo!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@curtbailey]

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

[@Goodness-Life]

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

[@patrickblot9928]

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

[@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

[@inknpaintCW]

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

[@JBManos-gg2zm]

Next level thumbnail! Love it!

[@Unpeturbed]

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

[@Enroueverslaventure]

Clever workaround !

[@FoStAl]

Cool. Thanks

[@paulgolden6012]

Wow. I was just working on a large pan cel for an animatic using X, Y, Scale and Anchor to get a relatively smooth pan and zoom with keyframes. I grumbled all the way about how FCP needs a 2D camera like After Effects. This simple effect (which I named XYZ Transform because Ken Burns isn't really that great a name) is game changer for FCPX camera moves on 2D artwork. THANKS Mark!

[@CallMeChato]

Holy smokes this insane. I wished I knew about this 5 years ago. Never in a million years would I have published a property. Who thought of that? How does one learn that? There would be no way intuitively that anyone would understand the concept of publishing a property. Thanks but this only increases my Motion frustration.

[@markspencer3104]

Publishing parameters is really what Motion is all about when it comes to creating titles, transitions, and effects for Final Cut Pro. You really should watch the Motion Magic in Under 60, link above.

[@ThruVisualMedia]

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

[@FraserHealVideo]

This is absolute gold. Well done Mark.

[@carloscanizares101]

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

[@AldenMorgan]

I've been wondering how to get around the "no smooth zoom" issue in FCPX for as long as I've been using it. Thank you, sir.

[@sizzlemann]

Awesome tip!! You guys are da bomb!!! I'm still intimidated by Motion and Compressor though. Just don't have enough time to really dive into them.

[@itstherealjg]

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

[@michaelch5060]

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

[@JayHelms]

Outstanding! Thank you.

[@seethelittlethings]

It’s the thumbnail for me 😱 😱 🔥

[@west4coast77]

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

[@nrgpolitics]

As always, very helpful!

[@gimmetaco2037]

Breathing some new life into FCPX, dude. Thanks!

[@ronchallender7892]

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

[@dougmorato]

Always super informative! Thanks!

[@wedrivetheworld]

god you guys are good at this

[@TravelsByTrike]

simple and sweet, thanks!

[@gardien340]

how cool is that! You can still add an empty adjustment layer and apply the effect in the layer. from what I saw so far it holds the quality .

[@markspencer3104]

No it does not.

[@IlyaAndreev-1]

Finally this tutorial is happened ❤️🙏

[@philcobb2192]

That is great. Excellent tip!

[@kutframe]

Excellent tip! Thanks!👍

[@cogmovies]

An outstanding tips tutorial Mark! Your presentation skills are amazing, covering every detail with precision and conciseness in an articulate manner. It was a pleasure to view, and to learn some new tricks with Final Cut Pro and Motion. Thank you! 👍⭐

[@OverNoobin]

All I can say is 🤯🤯🤯. I love FCP but I don't find it to be... easy to use. I don't know why/how your channel ended up in my feed... but I am so glad! This is a fantastic tip & I can't wait to try it out. New subscriber alert! 😃

[@Ronholtmusic]

Great thanks

[@SebastianCristanchoYT]

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

[@ParsclickTV]

love your tips keep posting videos ♥