{"id":26571,"date":"2013-07-15T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=26571"},"modified":"2013-07-15T18:14:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T22:14:57","slug":"how-to-create-a-ken-burns-effect-in-final-cut-pro-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-ken-burns-effect-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Ken Burns Effect in Final Cut Pro X"},"content":{"rendered":"

Add pan and zoom animations to your video clips or photographs in Final Cut Pro X by using the Ken Burns Effect. \u00a0In this post, we share a few resources that will show you how.<\/h2>\n

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The Ken Burns effect<\/a><\/strong>, is a\u00a0pan and zoom animation applied to a clip or photo and is named\u00a0after the acclaimed documentary filmmaker that popularized this style (see Burns’ 1990 documentary series The Civil War<\/a>). Although the effect has been used in films since the 1950’s (shot on a Rostrum camera<\/a>), today it’s easily achieved in post production with video editing or photo slideshow software.<\/p>\n

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Final Cut Pro X<\/a><\/strong> takes much of the work out of adding a Ken Burns animation to your footage, with a built in effect that automates much of this process. In the following video tutorial by video pro Dan Allen<\/a>, you’ll learn how to create a Ken Burns effect in FCPX<\/strong> as he covers the following features:<\/p>\n