Maintaining keyframe positions during transitions

Hi all,
Here's my dilemma: I'm doing a photo montage-based project wherein I have still photos dissolving into one another.
For each photo I have inserted motion keyframes at the 1st and last frames and have a specific zoom/pan for the duration of that image. I can preview that motion in the viewer and know precisely how it will look for that photo.
Now comes the hard part: I want to maintain that exact motion throughout that shot, which means maintaining the keyframes at EXACTLY the 1st and last frames. But when I create my transition FCP will add handles before and after my keyframes which means, for example, the motion for the incoming shot doesn't begin until the keyframe is reached. I have to go back into the viewer for each shot and reset the keyframes to match the transition's start & end points.
In ________, another NLE that I use, I can set my clip's motion, then drag the head of the clip across the tail of the previous clip and the NLE will create whatever default transition I've selected (usually a dissolve). I don't think FCP will do that (please correct me if I'm wrong). But perhaps there is another way to "freeze" the clip's length AND keyframe positions so that the transition always begins/ends on a keyframe?
Sorry for the lengthy post. Any help is appreciated!
t leib
1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

"You can key frame earlier and later than the transiston point so that the motion will be maintained."
Yes, but I want to avoid having to make such changes to the keyframes after I've created the transition. Again, I set the motion for each shot before I create the transition, so that I can view the entire clip, motion included, and know it's what I want. When I create the transition I want it to begin exactly on the keyframe and end exactly on the keyframe. Make sense?
"You can "Make Free Frame" under the Modify menu"
I'm sorry for the confusion. I don't want to make a freeze frame, I want the keyframe positions and clip length to be "frozen", meaning they won't change when I create the transition.
Thanks for the reply, though.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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