Final Cut Pro-Two Pictures Question

Is there a way to have two pictures in the same shot (not a transition from one to another).  For example, have two pictures in opposite corners in which you zoom in from one to the other?
Thanks.

Of course. Place them in the timeline, one above the other (as a connected clip), resize and reposition them.
Set keyframes and let FCP X generate the movement in between.
I suggest you take a look at one of the video tutorials, like the one at izzyvideo, to familiarize with the basic operations of FCP X: http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/

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