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cropping the video picture itself

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cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:36 am

How do you "crop" your video like you do a picture - show just the face of someone talking, for example, rather than the whole screen? (Again, we have the book but I'm not finding that information in there.) A friend showed us it could be done but he's moved away and we don't remember what he did.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Chuck Engels » Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:24 am

By using the Crop Effect :)

Add the effect to your clip and then in the effect properties use the sliders to narrow down the area that you want to keep, see screen shots below.

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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Chuck Engels » Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:26 am

There is also a free video tutorial on the Clip and Crop effects. It is version 4 but the principle and method is still pretty much the same. The interface has changes a little but it should still be easy to follow.

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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:40 am

Thank you. Is there a way to make what you crop into the full screen?
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sidd finch » Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:25 pm

Click on the video clip in the viewer and drag to the size needed. Or, In the effects control menu increase the video size to the desired amount. Be aware that this will decrease the resolution of the video. You are doing a digital zoom. If you are just going to resize the video there is no need to crop.

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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:35 pm

Thank you!! I will experiment.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Chuck Engels » Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:42 pm

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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:53 pm

When you are dragging to change the size of the video in the viewer, is there something that tells you how much you are enlarging the final picture so you can do it consistently?
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Bob » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:15 pm

Select the clip in the timeline. Open the applied effects panel. Click on the arrowhead to the left of Motion to expand and open the effect controls. The Scale property will show the value. You can also enter the scale value here rather than drag the video in the viewer.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:35 pm

That works!! Thank you! Is there a way to scale it more precisely than just using the mouse? I find it really hard to get it right with the mouse and the control keys don't seem to work it.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Steve Grisetti » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:04 pm

You can manually type in the scale amount.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Bob » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:13 pm

What Steve said: click on the displayed scale value and it will turn into an entry field where you can type in the desired value.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:59 pm

Thank you again. We don't have a teenager, or even an elementary school age kid for that matter, around and I'm sure they would figure this out intuitively. It takes us older folks longer. Every little bit helps though... Sure appreciate it.
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby Chuck Engels » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:08 pm

Most of us are probably older than you :hyst:
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Re: cropping the video picture itself

Postby sadddletree » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:38 pm

Maybe, but I'm not telling...

Next basic question. After I have been playing around cropping and expanding and moving the picture within the frame, is there an easy way to get the program to totally center either the original video again or the cropped video if I have cropped it off center?
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