[frownyfrank]

Just installed my copy of FCE on my G5. I'm still astonished to find no way to set a motion effect on a keyframe (such as setting the opacity to go from 0 to 100 in 1 second). Was this stripped in the Express version? Did I just waste $99?

[Heady]

Originally posted by frownyfrank:
Just installed my copy of FCE on my G5. I'm still astonished to find no way to set a motion effect on a keyframe (such as setting the opacity to go from 0 to 100 in 1 second). Was this stripped in the Express version? Did I just waste $99?

Keyframing is indeed very limited in FCE. If I remember correctly, the only things you can keyframe are opacity and volume, using the pen tool directly in the timeline window. You can't keyframe any other effects.

Apple has a feature comparison chart on their website.

-Heady

[willab]

Can you still put in the markers or keyframes or whatever they are called and have the video move from place to place and zoom in and out?

[clarkgoble]

According to the demo you can.

http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress...mpositing.html

[SoCal_BigFoot]

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage...eyframing.html