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bernieraffe
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May 26, 2018
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How to increase size of clip

  • May 26, 2018
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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.

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    Correct answer Warren Heaton

    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.

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    May 26, 2018

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

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

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    bernieraffeAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 27, 2018

    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
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 27, 2018

    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.

    Warren Heaton
    Community Expert
    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 26, 2018

    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.

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    bernieraffeAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2018

    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
    Community Expert
    Warren HeatonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 26, 2018

    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.

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