Ease in/ease out motion panning keyframes

this seems to be very difficult to accomplish. does anyone have a method to do this sucessfully
take photo and pan it from left to right, or up and down, it starts at slow and smooth gets moving (not too fast) and slows down to a beautiful stop at end. i understand you make the move with keyframes and then go to your canvas window and ctrl click to choose "ease in/ease out" - now i would think it would just make a bezier automation like it does with "smooth" for scaling, but it doesnt, it makes the picture bounce or it makes it speed up crazy and stop ubruptly, then i notice you have to grab this second green dot to adjust the velocity but even that doesnt work smoothly either, has anyone mastered this?
fcp5
thanks
adam

Adam,
The best way I've found to work with the Bezier keyframes is to temporarily enlarge the Canvas window in order to see what I'm doing (100% to 200%). With the Canvas window in Image+Wireframe mode, once you've set the Center keyframes you should see the green motion path. When you add the "ease In/Ease Out" you should see the purple Bezier handles overlayed on the green motion path. Notice the two larger purple dots on each Bezier handle; changing the position of the larger purple dots will change the behavior of the easing move.
It will take a little practice and experimentation, but you should be able to learn the relationships between the dot positioning and motion behavior fairly quickly.
-DH

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