Layer zooming and motion path

I have a very map of the USA (4000x3000)
1.) I cant get good output resolution on this image 1st of all???
I have a circle that is an emitter.
I have a motion on the emitter path that follows a highway.
the emitter, the map and the circle are all in the same layer.
the map is static, then zooms out.
the emitter starts off correctly, but as the map is zooming out, the emitter looses reference until the zoom out stops, then the emitter continues to follow the motion path correctly.
2. how can I get the emitter to stay on the motion path even as the layer is zooming out.

Well, that's a problem. Fixed Resolution was introduced in 2.0.
So, you have a big map (too big, really) and you have the map and the emitter following a path and they're all on a layer and you're playing with the size of the layer?
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You can either:
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Or
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Keyframe it.
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Your FCP person should know how to do this in FCP.
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Are you putting them on three different tracks?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0kt60VAyb8&feature=related
This is sort of helpful, but despite over thre hours work, I cannot get my clip to do what I want.
I need Video Tutorials, not text instruction. i'm dyslexic and simply see gobbldeegupe when looking at written instructions.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6LWzo5n_sg
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