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DiNozzo
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Jul 28, 2017 4:42 AM UTC
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Cropping Video

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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    excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
    Legend
    Jul 28, 2017 6:01 PM UTC

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

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    SharksEye
    Participant
    Nov 29, 2024 2:59 AM UTC

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

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      Ruan22036608njzo
      Participant
      Dec 1, 2021 6:14 PM UTC

      Love your videos. Thank you!

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        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        Jul 25, 2020 11:44 AM UTC

        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
          Feb 29, 2020 2:39 PM UTC

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

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          Anonymous
          Feb 29, 2020 3:22 PM UTC

          Never mind! Figured it out. 

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          excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
          Legend
          Jul 28, 2017 6:01 PM UTC

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

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          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          Jul 28, 2017 5:02 AM UTC

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

          Neil

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          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
            BearZrrk
            Participant
            Oct 30, 2019 1:21 AM UTC

            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!

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            shooternz
            shooternz
            Legend
            Jul 28, 2017 4:57 AM UTC

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

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