Timeline Keyframe Editor
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:22 amDear BMD users,
I'm trying to come to grips with the timeline keyframe editor on the edit page in DaVinci Resolve Studio 15.1.
What I want to do, is animate a still image of high resolution (around 5000x3000px), make it organically pan and zoom. I want to start way zoomed in on person A on the image, and then pan and zoom to reveal person B, and then reveal by panning and zooming some more that they're on a tractor. Because of the high resolution, I have to zoom in by factor 8 or so in the zoom controls of the Transform panel. Then I set a keyframe by clicking the tiny diamond next to the linked zoom x and y. Then with the Transform overlay switched on in the viewer, and the time indicator halfway the 'duration' of the image, I reposition and zoom out, and automatically new keyframes are set. Then I repeat this process for the final 'frame' of the still image until all of it is revealed.
Now I want to tweak things a bit, since the pan and especially the zoom are a bit edgy. I click on the diamond and the wavey line in the timeline, and now I can twirl open the Transform layer with the position and zoom keyframes, and I can see the (I don't know the official name) 'speed graph' as a straight line with a sharp bend. I would like to start to change the speed of the zoom right at (key)frame 1, but find that it's way off the graph, so much so, that I can't see it at all! When I look at the scale of the graph, it only goes from 0 to 4.0, and I'm wondering, why? I do understand that the control points on the graph can be changed into bézier curves, but still find that handling those is still a rather coarse procedure.
These are my very first experiences with keyframing and 'speed graphing' on the edit page.
Am I misinterpreting the 0 to 4.0 scale? Am I just new and 'clumsy' with the bézier curves or are they indeed still a bit coarse method of indicating speed and direction on a still image?
Maybe someone knows of a good DRS 15 edit page bézier tutorial?
Thanks in advance for your tips and help!
Victor van Dijk.
I'm trying to come to grips with the timeline keyframe editor on the edit page in DaVinci Resolve Studio 15.1.
What I want to do, is animate a still image of high resolution (around 5000x3000px), make it organically pan and zoom. I want to start way zoomed in on person A on the image, and then pan and zoom to reveal person B, and then reveal by panning and zooming some more that they're on a tractor. Because of the high resolution, I have to zoom in by factor 8 or so in the zoom controls of the Transform panel. Then I set a keyframe by clicking the tiny diamond next to the linked zoom x and y. Then with the Transform overlay switched on in the viewer, and the time indicator halfway the 'duration' of the image, I reposition and zoom out, and automatically new keyframes are set. Then I repeat this process for the final 'frame' of the still image until all of it is revealed.
Now I want to tweak things a bit, since the pan and especially the zoom are a bit edgy. I click on the diamond and the wavey line in the timeline, and now I can twirl open the Transform layer with the position and zoom keyframes, and I can see the (I don't know the official name) 'speed graph' as a straight line with a sharp bend. I would like to start to change the speed of the zoom right at (key)frame 1, but find that it's way off the graph, so much so, that I can't see it at all! When I look at the scale of the graph, it only goes from 0 to 4.0, and I'm wondering, why? I do understand that the control points on the graph can be changed into bézier curves, but still find that handling those is still a rather coarse procedure.
These are my very first experiences with keyframing and 'speed graphing' on the edit page.
Am I misinterpreting the 0 to 4.0 scale? Am I just new and 'clumsy' with the bézier curves or are they indeed still a bit coarse method of indicating speed and direction on a still image?
Maybe someone knows of a good DRS 15 edit page bézier tutorial?
Thanks in advance for your tips and help!
Victor van Dijk.