Freeze frame glitch- text tracking?

OK, I have made some custom title generators in Motion, but sometimes I need to extend them (without extending the animation speed on the front end) so I add a freeze frame. After upgrading to 10.1.1, I've noticed that sometimes- not every time- the freeze frame renders the text with squished tracking. The generator renders and displays fine, but once it hits the freeze frame, it's squished.
Any ideas/thoughts?

You are correct. You would turn OFF Roll, so that you have a still Title. Then in Effects Control Panel, you would Keyframe the fixed Effect>Motion>Position over time. Let's say that you wish the Title to "roll" from offscreen below. Set the initial Keyframe to that Position, and then decide when you want the Title to pause. Set another Keyframe to that that point on the mini-Timeline, and alter the Position to that desired. Decide how long you want it to "hold," and then set another Keyframe there, leaving the Position alone. Then, go to the end of the Title and set one last Keyframe on that last Frame. Alter the Position to be off-screen at the top. Done.
You can "smooth out" the motion, by adding Bezier controls to each Keyframe. Choices like Ease-Out, and Ease-In will probably work fine. Rt-click the first Keyframe and choose Ease-Out. Go to the next Keyframe (the initial part of the "hold") and Rt-click, choosing Ease-In. Go to the next Keyframe (the end of your "hold"), Rt-click and choose Ease-Out. You probably do not need the Ease-In for that last Keyframe, but if you find that that last "move" is not smooth enough for you, just Rt-click and choose Ease-In.
The little "arrows" in the Keyframe Header will allow you to easily step forward and backward, from Keyframe to Keyframe.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - before you do the Keyframes, set the Duration for the whole Title first, or you will probably need to move your Keyframes about.

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