Camera moves on still - Motion tutorial?

Motion.
I'm looking for a tutorial ... ? I do have the Motion collection of Tutorials – they seem to get into multi-layering and brute moves, but don't get into the detail of managing the keyframes in terms of controlling the dynamics of the moves.
I'm wanting to do extensive moves on stills. I don't want to 3D the still. I want to stay IN the frame of the image. But I want to be able to move to an object, pause, move to another, move in, move out ... all very smoothly.
I'm struggling with handling the keyframes, being able to control my speed from point to point, and making the slowdowns and speedups glass smooth.
I'm trying to figure the best way to handle this with the most efficiency. Just setting keyframes? Or using the camera?
Any suggestions would be most appreciated,
Thank you,
Ben

Maybe they realised how popular it was and decided to put it back on the shelf for sale. Wouldn't fault them for that.
I have to say, after years of grinding my teeth, and using it on scores of films, I still don't get the FCP keyframing. Incomprehensible to me. I can move stuff around easily enough, it's controlling the acceleration and deceleration that I've never managed to get working.
Thanks for that Shane. If I find something I'll report back here. Or maybe I'll just bite the bullet and work on it myself.
I've figured it out a number of times in the past -- but months, years, go by and I don't use Motion. Not like riding a bicycle.
All the best,
Ben

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