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DiNozzo
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July 28, 2017
Answered

Cropping Video

  • July 28, 2017
  • 7 replies
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Hello,

As a new Premier Pro user, I'm wondering how to crop video.

We've shot some footage on a green screen background, but this has been shot with the edges of the studio in it. We are unable to go back and reshoot, so I'm wondering if we're able to crop this out?

And if so, how? The resolution otherwise is fine.

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    Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

    The easiest method is probably an Opacity Mask on the clip.

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    SharksEye
    Participant
    November 29, 2024

    Use Transform > Crop. I'm sure youve figured it out already.

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      Ruan22036608njzo
      Participant
      December 1, 2021

      Love your videos. Thank you!

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 25, 2020

        Best is not to use the mask feature from the crop effect.

        They dont go together very well.

        Use a mask from Opacity instead.

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          Anonymous
          February 29, 2020

          These options are not showing up for me under fx ... Why?

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          Anonymous
          February 29, 2020

          Never mind! Figured it out. 

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          excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
          Legend
          July 28, 2017

          The easiest method is probably an Opacity Mask on the clip.

          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          July 28, 2017

          You can use the Effects Control panel, the Video Effects at the top ... the Motion/size/position controls there.

          Neil

          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            BearZrrk
            Participant
            October 30, 2019

            This was pretty helpful for me too, although I just wanted to keep the corner of the video to add to another video, and wound up shrinking the frame and recentering, since I didn't need a full size frame for mine.  Wouldn't have thought of it if I hadn't seen this though!

            shooternz
            shooternz
            Legend
            July 28, 2017

            Use masks to eliminate areas around your subject.  Garbage Matte technique.

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