Keyframing Inside a Transition

In FCP 5.0.2, I have stills with movement: panning across, zooming in, etc. Several of these stills also have transitions between them, usually just the default cross-dissolve.
But when you want to keyframe the motions to start on the first frame of a clip and end on the last, does anyone have any tips for achieving that when there are transitions at one or both ends? Because with a transition, the first frame isn't really the first frame--the image is still visible during the transition. And every time I try to back up into the transition, I keep finding that the Viewer shifts into thinking it's in the previous clip.
This has been driving me, in a word, nuts. I've finally gotten the hang of keyframing on a clip with no transitions, but a simple cross-dissolve maketh me to speak in rude tongues.
I've looked all through the manuals, and I'm dead certain this issue is never addressed. Does anyone have any clever hints they've worked out over the years?
Thanks to all.
Bob

Bob,
Double click the clip/image to load it into the Viewer window. Click on the motion tab ... Shift+I will take you to the absolute first frame of the image/clip at the head of the transition. Respectively, Shift+O will take you to the absolute last frame.
Placing keyframes at either the very head of the transition or at the very end will mean you won't be able to see the effect your keyframes will have on the movement, scale, centering, etc. As a workaround, place the initial keyframes closer to the middle of the clip/transition to get the movement, scale, centering etc as you want to be at the very start and end. While still in the Viewer window, hit Shift+I and set a new keyframe then Shift+O and set another keyframe. Now use the previous keyframe button to go back to your original keyframes and delete them, leaving only the opnes at the head and end of the clip/image.
All confused now? It sounds a bit convoluted but it's fairly quick and simple once you get use to it.
-DH

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