Creating the Ken Burns effect

[Sandy1]

Hey I’m wondering if it’s possible to use some type of zooming animation to create the Ken Burns effect on an image, which could then be exported as a .gif?

For context on the Ken Burns effect

Thanks!

[ntfromchicago]

Yes, it is possible but you’ll need to screen record a video of the animation and then export that as a gif.

Basically, create a prototype with a “Smart animate” transition between frame A (with your image in the starting location) to the same image in frame B (positioned at the ending location). Set the transition duration to match the speed (you have a limit of 10000ms or 10 seconds).

To avoid clicking on anything to trigger the animation, set it to run after a delay.

Best of luck! Let me know if you have any questions.