Camera motion

One move per shot, chosen for a reason. Repeated zooms read as cheap.

Moves

• Punch-in: punchIn (amount 1.10 to 1.15, eased) at the moment, with hold to release. Use it inside one continuous take to mark emphasis or hide a jump cut, one per moment. Cutting between different shots is a separate rule: there the size must change by a full step (film-editor).
• Ken Burns on stills: applyMotionPreset "slow-zoom" or "parallax-drift", or scale and x/y keyframes, 3 to 8% across the hold (about 1 to 3% a second; faster reads as a screensaver), alternating direction, faces kept in frame.
• Camera shake: applyCameraShake on hits and drops only (amplitude 8 a knock, 30 an explosion). It decays, moves on both axes and ends at zero.
• Rack focus: addKeyframe on blur, high to 0 over about 0.4 s with easeInOutCubic, or the reverse, to move attention between subjects.
• Whip pan: setTransition type "whip-pan" with a direction, 0.15 to 0.3 s, best when both shots already move that way.
• Depth: z 0 is exactly neutral. Small rotateY / rotateX (3 to 8 degrees) gives a considered 3D feel; large values read as a gimmick.

Easing

easeOutExpo reads confident and mechanical, easeOutBack playful, spring bouncy, linear like a machine. Pick one family per composition and stay in it.

Gotchas