Resize canvas

[Jeff930]

I am using Premiere Elements 2024.  I captured a video on my iPad Pro 12.9" in landscape mode.  I want to keep only a portion of the area of the video.  For example, the video has what I want in only a portion of the screen.  I want to eliminate everything outside that portion.  Then I want to edit the video by trimming the start and end points which is no problem.  Then I want to export/save the video to be shown on a cell phone screen in portrait mode, regardless of the phone model or screen size and have the entire portion fit.  I tried using the crop tool, but this didn't work, as I had a lot of black screen remaining around the cropped area.  I tried setting the project settings to Mobile > iPod, and kept the project settings when adding the clip.  But I still had a full landscape image.  How can I set the canvas size to be the correct size to ensure the end result will be able to be shown on a cell phone screen?  Note: the portion that I want to isolate is the right size for the cell phone screen, so I don't think I have to resize the image itself.  I just need to get rid of everything around it and have no black screen around it.

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

You cannot change canvas sizes in Elements 24. You are compelled to  use the presets, nor can you crop video on export.

Set up the Mobile setting, load the clip and drag and zoom in until you have the area you want within that 9x16 canvas. Export as such.

[Jeff930]

Thank you, Ann Bens.