To zoom and motion path a still

Any hint to how to create motion to a still by grow/shrink with applied motion path and have the pic hold at its destination... freak'n frustrating trying to cheat ways around something that must be so simple.
Any suggestions?

Not sure if I'm missing what you're trying to do, but if I'm understanding correctly...
You can either:
Apply a Stop behavior to the object's Scale parameter at the frame you want the grow/shrink to stop. (pg 335 in the user manual)
Or
Use the End Offset parameter in the Grow/Shink behavior to stop the growing/shrinking. (pg 347)
Or
Keyframe it.
Hope that helps.

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(Step2) Cut to Photo 2 full screen, does the same thing – zooms out – reduces in size (in the process revealing small Photo 1 on left). Ends up in middle third of screen.
(Step3) Cut to Photo 3 full screen – does the same thing – zooms out – reduces in size (in the process revealing small Photo1 on left and small Photo 2 in middle). Ends up on right hand third of screen.
However, although I have been able to complete these as individual moves on each of the 3 photos, they remain as 3 separate clips in the timeline.
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Are you putting them on three different tracks?
Yes, on V1, V2, V3 – but no matter where I put them or how I staggered them in relation to each other, it doesn’t work. Each track totally covers the others up – no “transparency”.
Before I possibly went crazy I decided to start fresh.
First, I trashed all my FCP preferences, double checked everything in FCP, and repaired permissions. In FCP I created a new clean “test” project with just the 3 video tracks as before. I also got a friend a little bit familiar with FCP to watch exactly what I was doing. I re-did the three motion paths. Same 3 photos, same moves in each.
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Andy - I’m giving you the points, because you forced me to seriously forget about trying to do a fix - instead, redo the whole thing. I’ve lost a day, but it’s been worth it.
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1. Select a motion path on stage, goto Properties panel > Options menu (top left corner) and enable - Always show Motion Paths.
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Is there a clearer video tutorial on zooming and panning in on clip than this?

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.
Thanks, everyone.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6LWzo5n_sg
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