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bonaca285094967g2p
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February 21, 2023
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Using crop effect - exported video still has black bars

  • February 21, 2023
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Trying to remove tiny black bars from left and right using crop effect

As you can see - crop rectangle is adjusted properly

But exported video still have that black bars

What is wrong, pls ?

 

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Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
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February 22, 2023

Cropping in Premiere Pro is different from cropping in Photoshop.

In Photoshop, cropping removes the rest of the canvas, like cutting a photo with scissors.

 

In Premiere Pro, cropping is like covering the unwanted portions with transparency.  The absence of video (transparency) is seen as black. In order to remove the black area, you need to "change the canvas size" which is equivalent to changing the sequence size.

 

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bonaca285094967g2pAuthor
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February 22, 2023

Very fine explanation

But - if I need to "change the canvas size" I firstly need to know the size of uncovered (black) area, isn't it ?

Or - even better - the size of covered area

And that seems impossible

 

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    307_4601
    Participant
    November 5, 2024

    So outrageous ah, I just learned to use this software, this function I think should be quite practical, but in the software can not find, is to give a box to let me choose the size of the video?

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      Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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      February 21, 2023

      Effectively your 'canvas' remains the same size, you are just making the video smaller, There are several thinks you could do, use the scale function in the fixed effects to zoom in to lose the black bars. You could also adjust the sequence width  using the sequence settings or uou could lokk at these options on the export page.

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      bonaca285094967g2pAuthor
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      February 21, 2023

      Thanks a lot, I will try.

      Could you explain please that logic:

      Crop tool should crop and not resize a video, isn't it ?

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      Suraj5EBF
      Participating Frequently
      February 21, 2023

      Hi, In Effect Control click on the "Zoom" checkbox under the Crop effect, which resizes your footage to frame size in the Program monitor automatically.Then you can avoid the black bar at the edges.

      thanks,

      Suraj Shinde

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