# Final Cut Pro question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-cut-pro-question/403272>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-cut-pro-question/403272 "2007-05-08T17:04:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-cut-pro-question/403272/1 "2007-05-08T17:04:08Z")

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I have a video clip in Final Cut Pro, and what I want to do is this: start out with the frame zoomed in on the guy’s face, and as the clip plays, have it pull back out to show the full frame. How I do dat? My HelpFu skills are sucking today. ☹ All I can figure out is how to play the whole clip zoomed in or the whole clip zoomed out.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-cut-pro-question/403272/2 "2007-05-08T17:09:30Z")

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Ooooh I think I found the right place. It’s in the “motion” tab, right? I have to use the pen tool to put dots on the timeline, then mess with the scale and center point? (I know where this stuff is in Premiere, it’s just a matter of finding the equivalent tools in Final Cut!)

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**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-cut-pro-question/403272/3 "2007-05-08T17:33:56Z")

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[QUOTE=OpalCat]  
Ooooh I think I found the right place. It’s in the “motion” tab, right? I have to use the pen tool to put dots on the timeline, then mess with the scale and center point? (I know where this stuff is in Premiere, it’s just a matter of finding the equivalent tools in Final Cut!)  
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Yup, that’s it exactly… keyframes are what you need here.