How To Smooth "Ken Burns Effect"

Hello,
I have some stills that I am zooming and panning at the same time. For example, starting at the top right corner of a still and zooming out as well as panning right to left so that the still stays centered. Looks great so far except for the instant start and stop. To combat this, I have eased in and out on the panning keyframes as well as smoothed the scaling keyframes. But now, instead of being nice and smooth, the motion is zig-zagging left and right when it gets close to each keyframe. Anyone dealt with this issue? I've heard that animating the anchor point may eliminate the jittery effect?? Please advise! Thanks!

Is your sequence interlaced?
If so, try converting it to progressive (Field Dominance = None)

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working with iMovie HD 6.0.4
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Terence Devlin wrote:
You may have a problem with your keyboard as you seem to be unable to type the word 'permanently" in lower case.
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Is it possible that the ones that have small boxes are in Portrait while the ones with large boxes are in Landscape?
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