2 Replies Latest reply: Sep 13, 2011 2:28 AM by Ann Bens RSS

    Cannot get keyframe animation to work with Transform Effect

    digiday Community Member

      Hi all,

       

      I am using Premiere 6 on Windows 7.

       

      I am trying to create a simple animation move with an imported PSD graphic in my timeline.  I just want to make a simple lateral (right to left horizontal) movement with keyframe animation and the Transform Effect.

       

      I normally use the Motion Settings Effect, but in this case that technique with a small graphic is creating unwanted vertical movement when I'm just setting the motion path for a simple, short horizontal movement path... so I'm trying for the second time ever to use the Transform Effect with keyframe animation.

       

      I was able to do this with keyframing and the Transform Effect creating a simple rotation previously, but now, with the horizontal "Anchor Point" and "Position" settings in the Transform Effect controls, I am not able to make the simple short right to left movement that I want to make.

       

      See the screenshot below for the details of what I am doing.

       

      In yellow, you can see the Point A and Point B positions that I want to move my little rocket nose to and from... Point B is already where that graphic is placed, where I want my simple lateral movement to end... it is a very short path that I'm working with from A to B.

       

      The green arrows point to the "Anchor Point" and "Position" controls that I've tried to work with... both the numerical settings and the cross hair tools... I just can't get the positions to be at the correct start and end points (points A and B) that I'm trying for, no matter what I do.

       

      The blue lines are around my selected clip.

       

      The red arrows point to my start and end keyframe points that I've tried selecting and working with to no avail.

       

      There is no information about the "Transform Effect" controls in the PDF instruction manual for Premiere 6... it says to check the "Online Help", but when I do a search for that on the Adobe Premiere section of Adobe.com, it doesn't even show any results for those controls in the current or previous versions of Premiere.  And the built-in web browser instructions don't show any information about this either... only a description of some of the controls in the Transform Effects panel, but no details about the use of the Anchor Point or Position settings or cross hair tool.

       

      Please, any feedback would be helpful for this relatively simple keyframe animation technique problem that I'm having.

       

      Thanks,

       

      digi

       

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