@Xenofex2

Easily done:

Note the dimensions of your crop (1482x2128 if my eyes aren't deceiving me).

On the export screen, in the Resolution boxes, tap the 3 dots and type in your crop size. If the resolution isn't to Magix liking (aka "legal" with respect video formatting), it will change one or the other by a couple of pixels (the new numbers it wants to use will be highlighted in blue).

In the "Ratio" box, tap the three dots and type in the ratio as follows: "182:2128" (or the numbers that Magix changed your Resolution to).

That's it. Make any other adjustments to the export then proceed.

Magix will have another hissy fit and throw up a warning about the export settings not matching the movie settings (they don't, obviously; your "movie settings" may be 1920x1080 but you're exporting 1482x2128) but just hit "Continue" and you'll end up with a video file of a 1428x2128 resolution/shape, as per your crop.

Humpf. John beat me to it!

@johnebaker

An alternative if you want all the sections to be the same size is to set the project to the required size and aspect ratio 

John, technically the correct term is "movie". These details are not part of the "project settings". 😉 You can of course have multiple movies, each with different resolution, ratio and framerate, in the same project.

@Xenofex2

Hi George,

I have several short movie clips (currently 3840 x 2160) that I would like to crop an area of the movie, and then export just this cropped area to use in another program project.

The key is "to use in another program project," assumably a MEP project. MEP/MS/VPX have a very powerful feature - Movies - that can be exported and imported. George, I hope that you know how to use multiple Movies in a project. If not, I put a tutorial below in which I set up multiple movies.

In Project 1, simply make a separate Movie, say A, B, C, for each special object or part that you want to use in other Projects. Export the Movie A with a representative name, then B, then C, etc. The extension will be MVD. Save the project. An exported Movie is just a one movie project file.

Open Project 2. When you want the content from Movie A, Import it and it will go into a separate Movie. Copy the content from Movie A into the main movie of Project 2. When you don't need Movie A anymore in Project 2, remove it from the project (click on the X of the Movie). Repeat for the other Movies B and C.

Your Movies A, B and C are always available for use in other projects.

I have template Movies that I import into Projects when needed.

For anyone with VPX, instead of copy/paste from the other Movie, the Movie itself can be a nested object. Simply drag the Movie from the Project Temp Folder onto the timeline. Of course, the Movie must not be removed from the Project.

John CB

@AAProds

Hi Alwyn

. . . . These details are not part of the "project settings". 😉 You can of course have multiple movies, each with different resolution, ratio and framerate, in the same project.. . . .

I get what you mean, correctly speaking we should say: 'Movie tab in the Project/movie settings dialog', however, and this is where confusion can arise, in File, Settings there is no Project/movie settings option - it is Movie 🙃

I came upon this interesting 'dilemma' in the Project settings tab:

Add a couple of movies to the project put a different clip on each one, then go to the Project settings tab and select Use thumbnail from film. You can only select an image from the movie that is at the first position.

John EB