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Adding new track keyframes
You can add new track keyframes to an existing track-level effect by double-clicking the track keyframe area.
Editing track keyframes
Double-click a track keyframe to open the associated window and adjust the settings. To change a keyframe 
interpolation curve, right-click the keyframe and choose a curve type from the shortcut menu.
Locking track keyframes to events
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9.Preview the event in the Video Preview window. Adjust the settings in the Event Pan/Crop window as 
you preview the zoom effect.
Using pan-and-scan
Another way to use keyframe animation in the Event Pan/Crop window is panning, or pan-and-scan. Pan-
and-scan is a technique commonly used when film is converted for television. Movie screens and film are 
usually wider (~2.35:1) than television (~1.33:1). When you transfer the film to video, you have four...

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8.Preview the event. Add and adjust keyframes as needed to create the desired effect. You can adjust both 
temporal and spatial interpolation for each keyframe:
Temporal interpolation (how the pan occurs over time) is controlled by the keyframe interpolation 
curve type. Experiment with temporal interpolation by right-clicking a keyframe to change the 
interpolation curve type (hold, linear, fast, slow, smooth) and previewing the result. For more...

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Animating generated text 
You can add a generated text event to a project by dragging a text generator from the Media Generator 
window. For more information, see Using generated media on page 247. You can then animate the text by 
adding keyframes. 
Not all attributes of generated text media can be animated using keyframes, however. You cannot, for 
example, morph one text message into a different one. Some aspects can be easily and smoothly animated 
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Adding track motion
The Track Motion window (accessible by clicking the Track Motion button  on any video track) is used to 
move a video track across a background. This background can be a solid color, another video event, or an 
image. Picture-in-picture effects and scrolling title sequences are two simple cases where this tool is 
important.
The gray area in the center of the window (covered by the blue/gray rectangle) represents the actual screen 
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5.Use the keyframe controller at the bottom of the Track Motion window to establish distinct track motion 
settings throughout the duration of the track. 
During playback, immediate frames are interpolated to create smooth motion. Expand the Keyframe 
interpolation
 heading on the left side of the window and drag the Smoothness slider to adjust the 
interpolation. For more information, see Using keyframe animation on page 273.
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Using keyframes in track motion
Keyframes are what create the motion in the track motion feature. You can create, modify, and remove 
keyframes in the keyframe controller in the same way as with any other feature that uses keyframes. In 
addition, for track motion and 3-D track motion, you can use keyframe presets to save and recall the settings 
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2.Use the 2D Shadow controls on the left side of the window to set the color and appearance of the shadow:
Blur % — type a number in the box or click the  button to display a slider you can use to soften the 
edge of the shadow. Set to 0 for a hard edge, or increase the setting to feather the edge of the shadow.
Intensity — type a number in the box or click the  button to display a slider you can use to establish 
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2.Use the 2D Glow controls on the left side of the window to set the color and appearance of the glow:
Blur % — type a number in the box or click the  button to display a slider you can use to soften the 
edge of the glow effect. Set to 0 for a hard edge, or increase the setting to feather the edge of the glow.
Intensity — type a number in the box or click the  button to display a slider you can use to establish 
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The illustration below shows some of the relevant parts of this procedure. Note the shadow cast by the 
overlay video. This is added by selecting the 
2D Shadow check box on the keyframe controller. The Video 
Preview window displays the results.
Tip: While overlay picture-in-picture windows are often 
completely opaque, you can fade them in and out using 
opacity envelopes. For more information, see Using opacity 
envelopes on page 177.
Animating the...