Pan & zoom slide show in pre11

Question

I usually include 5 to 15 slides in a typical video project for my grandkids.  I am new to pre11.  I did not do any tutorials on slide shows (are there some good ones?)  What I have done is:
1.  move the stills into the video track
2.  select the first slide and do <tools><pan and zoom>
3.  Adjust the keyframes
4.  Move to the <next> slide, etc
If I play this part, I notice that the slide comes up still for about 1/4 second or so ane then starts the pan and zoom movement, and then at the end of that slide it get's still again for about 1/4 second.  This is irratating for me to watch.  Even if I put a 2 second cross dissolve transition between each slide, I still notice that delay in the movement.  I can go in to each slide and split the clip at the beginning and the end and delete out the still parts.  This makes the process very time consuming.  Am I missing something?  Is this what Adobe intended?
Your help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

In my example (think that was the L-R Pan Preset only), the "hold" Keyframe is about 10 Frames in. To eliminate that completely, I would just click+drag that Keyframe to the first Frame of the Clip.
Were I doing the Keyframing manually, I would set my first Keyframe (the duration that I wish to hold the static Still Image), then add additional Keyframes, as needed. Finally, and depending on the "look" that I wanted, I would Rt-click on each Keyframe, and change the Interpolation to say Bezier.
For the basics of manual Keyframing (infinitely powerful), I recommend Steve Grisetti's Basic Keyframing in the Learning Series on the Adobe PrE "sister-site," Muvipix.com. It's the best tutorial on PrE Keyframing (similar to, but mechanically different than, Keyframing in PrPro), that I have seen. Once the concept of Keyframing is realized, and then the mechanics of doing so in PrE has been learned, there is really no limit to the power and use of Keyframes. The Presets are basically instant ways to do that Keyframing, with but a click. However, the full power comes from either tweaking those automatic Preset Keyframes, or doing it manually. Nearly every Effect, though not all, can be Keyframed to be applied over time - that is what Keyframing is - an Effect (either Fixed, like Rotation, Position, Motion, etc., or applied, like Blur) can be altered over time.
Good luck, and hope that helps,
Hunt
PS - don't feel bad about missing the Applied FX tab. That particular Tab was added in PrE 11, and I still have to search around a bit, as some things have moved, and some terms have been changed, with PrE 11.