Cannot seem to make the Ken Burns Effect

Seem to still be having problems attempting to use the motion keyframes. Following advice given by Tom W, I am still having problems applying the technique of 'ken burns' to Wedding pictures I am putting into a FCE 3.5HD project. After I have imported a picture from I Photo into the FCE project, I pop it on the timeline, establish the starting parameter, click the keyframe and then go to the point in the clip where I wish the zoom to occur and make the necessary changes. However, as soon as I re-watch the clip, it has changed from how it was at the beginning to the end point of the effect I want. What I am doing seems to change the whole picture and produces no 'zoom' in at all?
I have done this before and it has worked. I am wondering if something is happening to the picture when transferred between IPhoto and FCE?
Help. I need to crack on with my Wedding video. Thanks.

What I am doing seems to change the whole picture and produces no 'zoom' in at all?
You must make sure you set a Scale keyframe (100%) at the beginning of the zoom (step 4 of Tom's instructions) before setting the 2nd Scale keyframe at the end of the zoom (e.g. 120%). If do not set that first keyframe, all the clip will get to Scale = 120%; if you set the first keyframe, the Scale value will gradually change from 100% to 120% during the duration of the clip.
Piero

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