Hi markcma3 -
The tutorial link AlainII provided shows that - even without PP & AE - you can fairly closely replicate what Sam Kolder was doing.
One transition in PDR, "Cross" sort of does that... except that it zooms in then out. The Sam Kolder ones zoom in then continue to zoom in.
In PDR, the basic process would be similar. Split the first clip where you want the transition to start (say 10 frames before the end). To that split section you can apply crop zoom & speed it up if you want. At the start of the second clip (say from 00:00:00:00 to 00:00:00:10) zoom in & replicate the last zoom point at the end of the clip. Again, speed change could be added too.
What Sam Kolder was showing is a bit more complex than that, but PDR isn't PP or AE.
Cheers - Tony
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