This tutorial will teach you the basics of the Pan and Zoom plug-in inside Motion 3. There are two variants of the Pan and Zoom plug-in: one is a generator, the other a transition. This tutorial focuses on the generator, which allows you to create photo animations in the style made popular by Ken Burns.

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Presets are a convenient feature that allows plug-ins to save and retrieve parameter settings, so that you do not have to manually repeat the effect setup each time you want to get a specific look.

Introduced with version 1.0.5, the "Presets" control is available in the parameter inspector for most FxFactory plug-ins. The feature requires Final Cut Pro 6, or any version of Motion starting with 2.1.2.
FxFactory 1.0.6 has improved on the existing functionality by giving users the option to make their own presets available in the presets popup menu.

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