Motion-ease in/out

I'm working in FCE4 and using a number of still pictures. I'm doing pans and zooms using the motion control. No problem. The acceleration from start to stop is constant. I want it to start out slow, speed up, then slow down to end. So I control click to get "ease in/out" and apply. Sometimes it works, but mostly it doesn't. Sometimes nothing happens. Sometimes it changes the motion path from a straight line to a curve causing the picture to veer off from the straight line I want. Why does it sometimes not work or change the motion path?

Using FCE 3.5.1 / OSX 10.6.2 / Intuos 2
Well, not really sure why FCE’s Motion control only works on some clips for you...?
If you like, here is my workflow...
Create a motion-pass of your image, let’s say from left to right...
You should see a blue linear motion-pass with two green endpoints...
(the small dots in between are automatically generated keyframes)
Right click the first green (round) point (start-frame) /
From the drop-down choose Ease In / Ease Out /
Move the tip of the Bezier-handle in any direction and make it longer...
(keep it straight for a straight line, but it can be adjusted at any time))
You should see a second blue dot fairly in the middle of the bezier-handle...
Move that little dot up or down and see how the key-frames are moving...
Moving it to the green dot concentrates the keyframes (slower movement)...
Moving it to the other side opens the key-frames (faster movement)...
Do the same with the other green (square) point (end-frame)...
Adjust those handles until you like what you see...
Regards
Nolan

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