How to increase size of clip

[bernieraffe]

I have a short 4k clip where the camera was a little too far away for my liking.

I'd just like to increase the size slightly, but can't figure it out. In 'Elements' I used to be able to double click on the clip which brought up a bounding box,and I could drag one of the corners out. Premiere Pro doesn't allow this and I can't find any other way of increasing the size (I appreciate I'll lose a little resolution)

I don't want to have any zoom movement, just a fixed increased size.

Thanks for any help.

[Warren Heaton]

It sounds like you’re looking to increase the Scale to push in on the shot.

If you double-click in the Program tab, you should see handles at the corners and the sides of the picture to increase or decrease the Scale as you click and drag them.  Or, show the Effect Controls tab (if not already open) and then select the clip boundary in the Timeline.  When viewing the Effects for the selected clip in the Effect Controls tab, you’ll find Scale under the Motion category (along with Position, Rotation, and Anchor Point).  Increase  the 100% default value to push in.

[bernieraffe]

Thanks for the quick reply, yes 'Push In' is what I was after

I'm sure in a previous video edit, I was able to double click in the Program tab to bring up a bounding rectangle with handles (like you say), but that no longer works. It either doesn't bring up the rectangle at all,or sometimes the rectangle comes up but dragging the handles has no effect.

Using the 'Scale' value works fine, so thanks for that, but then there doesn't appear to be a way of re-positioning that video within the frame (i.e to move it a little to the left or right). Changing the 'Position' x value had no effect.

[Warren Heaton · Accepted solution]

Which version of PR are you using?  There was a time that double-clicking didn’t activate the Motion controls.

If you click on the word “Motion” in the Effects Controls, you should see the handles in the Program tab for adjusting the clip.  This approach goes way back.

If you’re seeing the Scale changes in the Program tab, you should also see the Position changes.

One thing to be mindful of in the Effect Controls is that the Playhead is over the clip in the Timeline.  It’s possible to be adjusting an earlier or later clip and not see the results right away.

[bernieraffe]

Warren, thanks, clicking on the Motion control brought up the bounding box, which I was then able to use to resize and move the clip. But double clicking on the clip in the Program window doesn't work for me (I have the clip selected on timeline and the play head is over the clip)

By the way, I'm using the latest Premier Po CC

[excited_Genie16B8]

Premiere Pro is complex software.  Don't skip reading the manual.

https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere_pro_reference.pdf

[bernieraffe]

Jim, I did seek the answer to this in the manual but couldn't find it, probably because I didn't know the correct term. If I searched for 'Zoom', the only pages I got were those relating to 'pan and zoom' - not what I was after.

[Ann Bens]

bernieraffe  wrote

Jim, I did seek the answer to this in the manual but couldn't find it, probably because I didn't know the correct term. If I searched for 'Zoom', the only pages I got were those relating to 'pan and zoom' - not what I was after.

Nobody read the manual first before mucking about except Jim.

That is the problem when starting new software, you do not know what its called.

Going through 600 pages, hmmm.

[excited_Genie16B8]

Going through 600 pages, hmmm.

The Resolve manual is more than twice that.  It takes time, and I do have difficulties with the parts I haven't read about yet.

That only shows the wisdom of my advice.

[excited_Genie16B8]

Jim, I did seek the answer to this in the manual but couldn't find it

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that.  I meant read the full manual as a first step.  Learn how the software works before you start using it on real projects.

1. First learn.

2. Then do.

You've skipped step 1, hence the difficulty.  Go back and complete that first step and you'll have a much easier time of it.