Can you crop a Movie Sequence?

Xenofex2 wrote on 4/25/2016, 7:53 AM

Just wondered if it is possible to crop a movie sequence?

To illustrate, recently on a visit to a Woodland Park, our three grandchildren went on a water slide and I took a sequence, landscape mode and without any zoom. In the actual clip therefore they appear in the left hand side of the screen and so wondered if it was possible to crop out the right hand side in any way?

In this instance, being on a water slide, they are on the left hand side for the whole time with no crossover.

I have MEP 2016 Pro.

George

 

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johnebaker wrote on 4/25/2016, 12:32 PM

Hi George

You certainly can crop an image. 

There are several ways you can do this in MEP - they are under Effects, View/Animation  use the following options:

Section:  

- here, on the selected clip, you can drag out a box in the Preview monitor of the area you want to fill the screen - click off the clip and it will display that section.

Size/position:

- here, on the selected clip, you can change the width of the image, the height will automatically adjust so long as the Maintain proportions option is checked, then use the Top and Left options to position the area you want to see on the screen.

Zoom:

 . . . In the actual clip therefore they appear in the left hand side of the screen and so wondered if it was possible to crop out the right hand side in any way . . .

Using the zoom effect you can make this a feature of the video providing the clip is long enough to accommodate the effect - too fast a zoom will make your viewers dizzy.  Also has the added bonus of supplying context to the clip.

However there is a downside to using any of the above options - if the area you require full screen is too small you will suffer poor image quality eg pixellation, blur/softness and possibly shakiness because you do not have enough pixels to fill the screen. 

Eg if you select an area 480 x 270 and want this to fill a 1920 x 1080 screen resolution then you will have a very poor quality image.

If you have Full HD video ie 1920 x 1080 and are going to produce a DVD disc ( 720 x 576 or 720 x 480 ) then you have a more room for manouevre. 

HTH

John EB

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Xenofex2 wrote on 4/25/2016, 2:11 PM

Thankyou John,

I will now experiment.

Thankyou also for your warnings on possible resulting poor quality image. At least I can experiment now and be aware of those hazards. I may though, fingers crossed, get away with it as if the final result is as I envisage then I intend to use the clip in an audio visual (not though with Photostory) I am putting together of some days out with grandchildren so in this case is unlikely to be full screen.

Regardless though, thankyou. I now look forward to the experimentation.

George