I can change all aspects of each at keyframe level but I can't seem to turn them on/off without it affecting the whole track/event.

I have just looked at the Maintain Aspect ration in Pan/Crop again and if I turn it off at a keyframe it is off for the entire event. Is there Preference setting perhaps I should look for?

Same with Glow and shadow on Track Motion. How can I just set these for a short section. Even when I have set the Glow intensity to zero whenever a fade happens on the same track a sudden glow (the same as the square setting within the Glow window) occurs with the fade.

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It sounds more like you're not sure how to use keyframes.

1. Have you locked to the timeline so you are in synch?
2. Are you actaully SETTING keyframes....(those little diamonds)?
3. If you drag and drop filters, do you set the FIRST keyframe?

Stuff like that...

When you need to do is step through your key frames and note the changes in the work area. Its possible to accidently set keyframes by testing and not setting which will cause a bumpy result for lack of a better word.

1 Yes
2 Yes
3 If required

Checked all the above but still can't set things like Glow and Maintain Aspect Ratio to be on (checked) with one keyframe and off (unchecked) with the next one.

This one is really buggin me but it's bound to be something really silly I've probably overlooked.

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As you say, Maverick - seems like they have to be ON or OFF,

but, you can leave them on and reduce their settings to effectively turn them off at a keyframe.

Those settings aren't key-framable (probely didn't seem like a need to when they were programed). What I do to get around it is split my event up into small events, then mess with them seperetly. Works good for me!

Maverick, i can't think of any reason why you would need to keyframe "Maintain Aspect Ratio". If you have it set, it's because you want to maintain it. If you want to have it vary, they you're not maintaining it. A variable maintained aspect ratio is sort of an oxymoron.

You can always use the cropping/stretching options to achieve a specific ratio at some point even with maintain turned off.

For the Maintian Aspect Ratio there was a section in an event where I reduced the picture but wanted to keep the apsect ratio and another a little further where I didn't (wanted it to look squashed). Seems I'll have to split the event.

As for the Glow I realised you can educe the settings but why do I get a white 'flash' whenever I use a Fade el
sewhere on the same track. For now I have turned the glow off. It looks like, once again, I will have to split the events in question and move them to different tracks for the parts I don't require the glow. I didn't really want to do this
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Thanks for all the advice.

You could just render them out and then do what you want with it.

Maybe as I'm self taught I've missed something but I can never understand the obsession with having everything happening on the timeline at once. That's not a VV thing, I've watched it done in everything including FCP.

I know there's a potential quality issue but if some part of what I'm working on is just the way i want it and I render it out and bring it back in unless I fiddle with it again its not going to be rerendered anyway. When I render it out I give it a recognisable name.

This give me two advantages, if i ever loose the whole project I've still got most of the difficult bits and secondly there's no risk of me inadvertently changing settings that i spent ages getting just right. and thirdly (OK I found another one!) it keeps the project simple and manageable.

I'll admit this style may cramp creativity but I don't have much of that to start with.

Maverick: you don't need to check "Maintain Aspect Ratio" to maintain the aspect ratio, if you can see what i mean. Perhaps you could check it, note what settings are listed for size, then uncheck it and manually enter those sizes at the first keyframe. This will give you a the original aspect ratio for the picture at this keyframe without having that box checked. No need to split the clip, no need to have the box checked after entering the settings yourself.

Thanks Chienworks.

I'm learning everyday and this is just about the best place for advice, help and support.

Cheers

Thanks Chienworks.

I'm learning everyday and this is just about the best place for advice, help and support.

Cheers