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Kaosuko
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March 12, 2023
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How do I crop a video using Premier Elements 2023?

  • March 12, 2023
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Scenario: I have a .mp4 video shot in 1080p in landscape view. The video captures some empty space on the left and right of the video but I want to keep the center intact without reducing the vertial space. Is there a way for me to crop out the spaces to the left and right of the video?

 

Premier Elements 2023 does not seem to allow me to change the pixel resolution of the video nor do I see any way to crop it. It seems that Premier Elements Pro has that feature but I do not have a Pro subscription, and I paid money for this software thinking it will handle most of my video editing.

 

Note that I am in no way a professional video editor nor do I use this program heavily enough to even consider paying for a Pro subscription but cropping a video seems like a common enough feature for any novice video editor to be able to use.

    Correct answer martin34087521mp9f

    uff,, i bought 3 movie editing programs to do this trick.... you should have told me earlier!! Great advive - thanks

     

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    Ann Bens
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    Ann BensCommunity Expert
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    March 12, 2023

    Just for the record: you shot in portrait while holding the camera in landscape.

    You want to make a vertical movie?

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    KaosukoAuthor
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    March 12, 2023

    That was a hypothetical scenario to frame what I wanted to do with my video. What I'm trying to change is a screen capture from my PC.

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    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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    March 14, 2023

    I'll upload 2 images: one is a 1080p (1920 x 1080) wallpaper that has 2 lines drawn on it and let's say that it's a video. The other image is what I want the video to look like after I crop it.

    What I want to do is only keep the image within the red lines without distorting the vertical view and remove everything that's outside of the red lines.

    The end result should look like the second picture, that's a perfect square (1080 x 1080).


    Try this. 

    - Start a new project.  You can't change the format after the project is started.  

    - Select Square and check the box to "Force the selected project preset..."

    - Check in General Preferences that "Scale to Frame Size" is NOT selected before you add media.

    - Add the media to your project and put it on the timeline.  

     

     

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      Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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      March 12, 2023

      The aspect ratio of 1080p video is 16x9.  You can't change that.  You can change what is viewed.  The way I do it is to select the clip on the timeline, double click in the monitor and (gently) drag the small white dots that appear on the edges.  

       

      Another way to do what you want is to click on the Applied effects button on the right, select "Motion" and adjust the sliders.  

       

      There is not a "Pro Subscription" to Premiere Elements.  There is an entirely different and more complex Adobe product called "Premiere Pro" that does require a subscription. 

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        KaosukoAuthor
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        March 12, 2023

        So I cannot change the pixel resolution using Premier Elements 2023?

        I see the changes that either rescaling the video does (also adjusts the vertical height to match the 16:9 resolution) and motion (stretches out the video too much) but at the end of the day, it doesn't really resolve what I want to do.

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