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372Final Cut Pro User Guide
Customize the smoothness of a Ken Burns animation
By default, a Ken Burns animation performs both smoothing operations (Ease Out and Ease
In), but you can customize the effect.
1. In the Final Cut Pro timeline, select a clip with the Ken Burns effect enabled.
2. Position the playhead over the clip in the timeline so that the clip’s video is displayed in
the viewer.
3. To access the Ken Burns controls, do one of the following:
• Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer and choose Crop (or
press Shift-C).
• Control-click in the viewer and choose Crop.
4. Click the Ken Burns button at the bottom of the viewer.
Two rectangles appear in the viewer: a green one that defines the position and size for
the start of the clip and a red one that defines the position and size for the end of the
clip.
5. In the viewer, Control-click anywhere in the image and choose an option:
• Ease In and Out: Applies the easing effect to the beginning and the end of the
animation.
• Ease In: Limits the easing effect to the end of the animation.
• Ease Out: Limits the easing effect to the beginning of the animation.
• Linear: Removes all easing effects.
Tip: Use the Crop effect and intermediate keyframes to create a Ken Burns–style effect
that follows a more complicated path.
For details on working with built-in effects, see
Work with built-in effects in Final Cut Pro.