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Ken Nielsen
Ken Nielsen
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February 17, 2013
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How do I crop a frame in Premiere Pro CS6?

  • February 17, 2013
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In FCP, you can crop a frame by going to wireframe and simply adjusting it to crop the image area you want to show. I want to maintain 16:9 but simple make the clip 'zoomed in' to an area that I want. It won't be too drastic of a crop. Does Premiere Pro have the ability to do this?

TIA,


Ken

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    Correct answer Jeff Bellune

    See if the Scale parameter of the Motion effect does the trick for you.  Every video clip has the Motion effect applied by default, but all the parameters are set so that the source clip remains unchanged until you explicitly modify the parameters.  Adobe calls Motion an "intrinsic" effect, in case you run across that term while searching.  Volume is an intrinsic effect of audio clips (or the audio portion of linked audio/video clips).

    Jeff

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    Jeff Bellune
    Jeff BelluneCorrect answer
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    February 17, 2013

    See if the Scale parameter of the Motion effect does the trick for you.  Every video clip has the Motion effect applied by default, but all the parameters are set so that the source clip remains unchanged until you explicitly modify the parameters.  Adobe calls Motion an "intrinsic" effect, in case you run across that term while searching.  Volume is an intrinsic effect of audio clips (or the audio portion of linked audio/video clips).

    Jeff

    Ken Nielsen
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    February 17, 2013

    It looks like the process is faily mechanical, typing in numbers until the right framing and scale is achieved. I take it that there is no 'interactive control at this point, where you could 'move' the image around with a hand to get correct placement. I'm wondering if it might be best to use FCP and Premiere 'hand in hand' to use the features from each that get the job done to an individual's preferred way of working?

    Jeff Bellune
    Jeff Bellune
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    February 17, 2013

    Two things:

    1. The numbers in the Effect Controls panel are scrubbable hot text.  No need to type anything in most cases.
    2. If you select the word Motion in the Motion effect, you will see a bounding box in the Program Monitor with handles that you can manipulate directly.

    Jeff

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