Can you control the timing of the Ken Burns effect?

I've been experimenting with the Ken Burns effect, using it on video clips. By default, the KB effect starts at the beginning of the clip and finishes at the end.
I would like to the KB effect to start at a certain point in the clip and finish at a certain point in the clip, leaving the image zoomed-in (or zoomed-out) at whatever point I choose to stop the effect. Is this possible? If so, how? I would think maybe I could do it with keyframes, but I can't figure out how.

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I just tried your suggestion, and it works fine, thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. I really didn't like trying to use Transform because I was having to expand the image beyond the frame size and it just seemed like a very crude way to do what I was trying to accomplish.

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How can I modify the Fit, Crop, or Ken Burns effect for the entire movie? I've been having to go through them all individually which takes forever.

You could try Edit > Select All then click on the crop button and change the setting from Ken Burns to Fit.
I find that this only works if you do not have the Automatic Cross Dissolve transitions in place.
If you do, File > Project Theme and uncheck the transitions and remove them.
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z.

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Hi,
I have a number of photos that I am using within imovie. I am applying a Ken Burns effect to scroll or zoom on the photo. At the end of the effect I would like the photo to pause.
The viewer would see a photo, the zoom/scroll get to the final position, then the photo held for a couple of seconds.
Is there a way of acheiving this - i know i can import the photo twice, the first doing the effect, the second with no effect - but how do i get the second photo exactly the same as the first photo after effect?

I don't understand what "Option-click" means: how is this executed? I
Hold down the Option key on the keyboard, then click on the Start end of the Start/End thingy. In this context, Option-clicking applies the End settings to the Start, so the clip no longer has an animated zoom.
I also don't see how one selects the duration of the "pause".
The whole clip we're making is the pause. It's a second clip that plays after the first (zooming) clip. These directions create a second clip that "pauses" after the first clip zooms.
Option-dragging the first clip makes a copy that we change into a pause. (Holding down the Option key and dragging the clip to another location duplicates the clip.)
Hope it makes better sense.
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Trying to add a pause after Ken Burns effect to hold the photo

I am trying to set a pause to my still photos after using the Ken Burns effect. So it starts zoomed in on an area of the photo and pulls out and then I want it to hold for a few seconds so you can see the full photo. Any suggestions? I can't find anything anywhere???

1) copy the photo with the Ken Burns effect
2) place the copy after the original photo
3) edit the copy, reverse the order of the Ken Burns effect using the arrows next to the word "Start" so the end point is now the start point, change "Ken Burns" effect to "Crop", and change the duration of the copy
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- place the copy before the original photo
- edit the copy by just changing the "Ken Burns" effect to a "Crop" (i.e., crop using the start point),and change the duration of the copy
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Quite urgent Ken Burns effect problem

I am working on a documentary (due tomorrow afternoon). This is a fulll length piece and has hundreds of photographs in it. The trouble is; all the photographs when they where imported automatically got the Ken Burns effect... I want to de-effect them. So I got to Media--Show photo settings and de-select the Ken Burns effect.
One some photographs, it works fine. But on others, I click on Show photo settings and it simply turns the screen to black, even if I select the photograph again.
This is a bit distressing as all the photographs have intense Ken Burns effect which cannot be for the final product. If I should be more detailed about what I am trying to say, please tell me. It actually is pretty urgent that I figure this out.
Thank you very much.

Have you emptied iMovie's trash? If so, you may experience a 'bug' in iMovie that will not allow you to change the settings of a clip that was imported with the KB effect. That is why you see the black screen. iMovie can no longer access the original photo's clip because it sent it to the trash. This is not a problem so long as you do not empty the trash. But, once emptied, the only way to fix it is to reimport the photo.
Here is a link to more discussion about it: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4289801&#4289801
and this link describes a better fix in case you are worried that you will inadvertently empty the trash:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1912675&#1912675
Hope this helps in time!

Turning off "Ken Burns" effect for SOME photos

I see that someone has asked a similar question in the past and told that it's not possible to turn off the Ken Burns effect for some photos, but I'm hoping someone has a workaround or there's a hack...
I've made a slideshow and got the idea to "tell the story" by creating some "title" images in Photoshop elements which I've placed in between a series of photos.
These are just black backgrounds with the title (e.g. "...and the party begins", "Family reunion" etc.) in big white letters. I'm very happy with that idea
I like the Ken Burns effect for the slideshow as it adds some semi-video "action" effect, but NOT on the titles. Having the Ken Burns effect there just looks stupid, so I would like to remove it for the titles alone.
I know I can do it the other way round (go to "Settings" for the Slideshow, deselect "Automatic Ken Burns effect", then manually add the effect for all the photos I want), but with a slideshow album that's going to take ages to do!!
Is there a better way?

Perhaps you're checking the KB button on the "main" menu for the slideshow. That actually changes only the setting for the image that is currently selected. Try using the "Settings" button and deselect the "Automatic KB effect."
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I'm working in iMovie 6.0.3. Whenever I try to apply a Ken Burns effect or a theme, the red "render" bar completes, but then I just end up with a frames of empty black the same length as whatever I had tried to put there.
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Just saw this June thread - I have iMovie 6.0.4 and am having this exact problem. I can't believe that there aren't more threads about it. This is the first video I've done since upgrading to OS 10.5 and iLife 7 and then importing the old iMovie 6.0.4 for obvious reasons.
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Low quality when using Ken Burns effect

Hi,
I tried to import hi-res photos from iPhoto 6 to iMovie HD 6, adding some zooming with Ken Burns. The resulting clips are very blurry, lots of artefacts - very low quality. Is anyone else having this problem? It happens on my iBook as well on my iMac. Or am I just expecting to much?
Thanks for any advice, Patrick
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Hi Sue,
Have you ever tried Photo to iMovie? Apple even recommends it.
Yes, I know Photo to iMovie. But if I buy an integrated solution like iLife'06, it makes no sense to buy additional shareware programs to correct some flaws of it.
Isn't it possible to raise the quality of a Ken Burns effect, I would say in iLife '05 it was much better.
So I am looking forward to an update of iMovie HD 6...
Kind regards,
Patrick

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How can you PERMANENTLY change the default Ken Burns effect?

I don't like the Ken Burns effect and want to PERMANENTLY remove it from the default setting for slideshows. I know how to deselect it every time I create a new slideshow, but isn't there a way to change the default setting so the Ken Burns effect is not selected unless I want it?

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I have an older version of imovie. After I change the photos using the Ken Burns effect and save them, the next time I open the file and click 'show photo settings' to change the zoom, the picture appears black and I can't change the zoom?

I have a five year old version of imovie that generally works fine. However, when I add a photo using the 'Ken Burns' effect then save the movie, the next time I open the file and click 'show photo settings' the picture appears black and I cannot change the zoom. Any suggestions?

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Can I fine tune the Ken Burns effect?

I'm using iPhoto 6 for the first time - making a slide show. I turned off the default Ken Burns effect for all slides, but I'm manually setting the KB effect on some slides. I like the ability to specify the starting view and the ending view - such as starting the view with a close-up of a bottle of wine, then zooming back to show the table full of food and the people around it, but....
Is it possible to "fine tune" the KB effect as follows: Have it show the starting view for a specified period of time (e.g. one second), then specify the transition time (e.g. 3 seconds), then have it show the final view for a specified period of time (e.g. 2 seconds).
I.e., I'd like to set up the KB effect so that it "lingers" on the starting view and ending view for a time period that I specify. Is this possible? (If not, this would be a great feature to add in a future release.)

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