Crop and zoom a video

Hey, i want to know how to crop a section of my video, and make it so the cropped section fills up the page, how can i do this?
STICKY-CROSS

Standard is like this:
Then in the effects control panel set the motion/scale to 300% and you end up with:
If you still do not understand how to do this, it is time for a basic education and extensive reading of manual, help file and watching tutorials. This is very basic.

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Crop and Zoom

I want to crop and/or zoom into a corner of a clip in my project, and then slowly zoom back out to show the entire clip. But I can't figure out how to accomplish this. When I use the crop or clip effect, it remains for the length of the clip. To give you an idea of what I mean, there is a car that starts on the left side of the clup and goes out of frame after a few seconds, so I want to avoid showing the car by starting with a zoomed in view of the right side of the clip.
How can I zoom in on portion of my clip, then back out again?
Thanks!

As John Nash points out, your Zoom and Pan can be easily done via Keyframing the Fixed * Effects>Motion>Position (Pan/location), and Motion>Scale (Zoom). Be sure to read his graciously furnished link completely, and if you do not understand any terms in it, and cannot find a useful definition of any, drop back with any questions.
As John notes, many/most Effects can be Keyframed to change over time. There ARE some exceptions, but not that many.
* Fixed Effects are those that are automatically applied to all Video Clips (Volume is a Fixed Effect, added to any Audio), and will always be there. Motion, contains Scale and Position, the two that you will use here. One adjusts these most easily and effectively from the Effects Control Panel, which is invoked by hitting Edit Effects in the Effects Tab, with that Clip Selected. Other Effects are first added from the Effects Tab.
Steve's tutorials and articles are great resources, as well, and come highly recommended, along with John's link.
Good luck, and happy editing,
Hunt
PS - as Keyframes are so very useful and powerful, and can be used in so many cases, I urge one to learn the concepts. Though time might need to be invested, it will pay great dividends later.

Problems with Pan and Zoom after video has been saved

I have Adobe Premiere Elements 13 and I am running into a problem when I want to use pan and zoom. I watched a video that said you needed to have the picture larger than the video frame so that you have room for panning and zooming. The problem I am running into is after I create a video and play it back you can see all of the picture that sticks out past the video frame. It doesn't show up when you are creating the movie. Here is an example:
I do have a video overlaying this photo. It is the pinkish color that you see here in this picture. It doesn't show any of the picture that extends beyond the sides, just on the top and bottom.
I have tried having a different sized video frame. I have tried saving it as several different formats and this happens every time. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

No, I am not concerned about the playback buttons. Maybe this pic will explain it better.
From my project. You can see that the picture is larger than the viewable area so that there is room for the pan to occur.

Video cropping and zooming issue

I'm new to this product and couldn't find my specific issue (or at least didn't recognize it).
I was using downloaded video to make a simple music video (to experiment with on the trial version). So I have the first clip in the sequence and then I add a second clip and after working with it for a few minutes notice that in the sequence viewer the video is enlarged and the sides are cropped so I'm only seeing an enlarged picture of the center. The zoom was still on fit though. I don't understand why the video was automatically zoomed and cropped by Premiere and when I delete the clip and put it back in it does the same.
Any insight?
The first clip in the video was a 640 x 360 While the second video was 1280 x 720 and both had square pixels (1.0)
They were however both WMVs.

The fact that the Zoom level is set to Fit means that the view in the Program Monitor is zoomed to fit the panel, not that the clip is scaled to fit the sequence.
If your second clip is larger than the first, and you place the second clip into a sequence that is sized for the first, then you are naturally only going to see a piece (such as the cropped center in your case) unless you scale the second clip down. Or use a bigger sequence.
If you want the clip to automatically be scaled to fit the sequence, then you can turn on the Default Scale To Frame Size preference. (See this for a video explanation of that preference.)
In general, you scale with the Scale property of the Motion effect, not with the Zoom setting in the panel.

Crop and Zoom for picture-in-picture

I would like zoom into the part of a video and crop it so when I re-size it for picture-in-picture, I can see the only cropped area. Is that possible?
Thanks,

I am a bit confused. Do you have PrPro CS 5 / 5.5, or PrElements? The reason that I ask is the post to the PrE forum HERE.
As I said in that thread, the answer is "yes," but we need to know exactly what you wish to do, so that we can tell you how to do it.
My questions:
Now, before we go into a lot of details, that might not apply, let me see if I can understand exactly what you want to do.
You have a Clip on the Video 1 Track in your Timeline. You want to zoom in on a part of that Clip. Am I correct on that?
Now, you talk about a PiP and also cropping. What do you want to crop?
Can you describe the PiP treatment, that you plan on using? For general PiP treatment, you would place the PiP Clip onto, say Video 2, and then Scale and alter its Position to suit. Is it the PiP Clip, that needs cropping?
With those answers, and any more details that you can furnish, we can tell you how to do, what you desire.
Good luck,
Hunt

Crop and Zoom in PS?

In LR when you crop a photo, it enlarges the cropped photo to the original size. Is there a way to do this in PS CC?

So you just want the image to fill the screen after cropping? There is no option to do that directly from the Crop tool, but Ctrl (Cmd) 0 is a simple shortcut to make it happen after using the Crop tool. Is that helpful?

Crop and Resize video in AME at the same time !

Hi everybody
I'm new to Adobe Media Encoder CS4, used to encode with Flash Video Encoder.
It seems that is it impossible with AME CS4 to crop and resize a video at the same time.
In input i have a 1280*720 video, that I first resize to obtain the desired height (300px)
so i obtain a 533*300 video,but when i would like to crop it in the same operation, that's not work, it doesn't keep the height i want (300px)
If I start by cropping my video, i obtain a 538*683 video, but i can't resize after, because the width and height in right panel are in grey, inaccessible.
In Flash Video Encoder (with Flash 8) it was possible to do this 2 operations at the same time, why doesn't this work in AME CS4 ?
(please excuse my poor english ^^)
Thanx by advance
Pierre-Alexis

maybe you have outgrown or just need to look at the "pro" applications instead.
Other pro audio applications
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/other_pro_audi o
http://www.apple.com/support/logicexpress/
http://www.apple.com/support/logicstudio/
http://www.apple.com/support/finalcutstudio/
At the least, check out their communities.

Cropping and outputting to a non-standard ratio

I have a video of a guy speaking and it was shot apparently on a camera that was turned on its side. Beautiful, I know. So, I need to rotate it, which is easy enough. But, when I do, I have space on either side because the ratio then becomes 3:4, and if I zoom the video in too far, the man's head gets cut off. SO, I want to be able to rotate, crop, and output the video to a vertical ratio like 4:8 instead of 4:3. Is this possible??
Same question for outputting to a 16:9 ratio.
If I wasn't clear enough, let me know.

OK, I may have confused you... Let me try this a different way.
How do I output my FCE movie to a file format like QuickTime so when I open the finished movie in QuickTime, the dimension of the movie is 300 W x 480 H, and not 640x480 with black bars on either side?
let me know if that still doesn't make sense what I'm asking.

Getting flicker at top and bottom of screen - should I crop or zoom in?

Hi all, this is related to another thread I have here but I wanted to ask specifically...what is better...cropping or zooming?
I have just finished editing a long production in 16:9 and have been monitoring the edit process on a 16:9 television.
When the finished product is watched on the 16:9 tv, there is no flicker evidentat either the top or bottom of the screen.
When watched on a 4:3 television in letterbox mode, naturally the top and bottom edges are exposed and this presents some flicker at the top and bottom extremeties on some shots.
I can get rid of this flicker on the edges without re-editing time-consuming scenes by either zooming in a fraction or cropping the finished video top and bottom by a factor of 4 using the motion settings.
I have monitored the cropping method on the 16:9 screen and you cannot see it until it is cropped by a factor of 5, and of course on the 4:3 screen the cropping method will only mean there is slightly more black top and bottom on the letterbox effect.
I guess zooming in to get rid of the flickering will mean the quality of the picture degrades a little so cropping would probably be best.
Is this your opinion as weel?
Thanks in advance.

I guess zooming in to get rid of the flickering will mean the quality of the picture degrades a little...
Yes, any picture re-sizing degrades the original.
... so cropping would probably be best.
Yes. To avoid losing anything, you could always only crop the shots from the camera that has the flicker (might take a while).

I imported a video I make in another program and I played it back in the video editor and I like the pan and zoom that was added by the program how do I save a copy with the effect of Premiere elements 12

I imported a video I make in movie maker program and I played it back in the premiere video editor and I like the pan and zoom that was added by the program how do I save a copy with the effect of Premiere elements 12
all I did was played it back how do I save that and make a new version of the video beacause when I save a copy the effect look I was trying to save was not there.
Rodney
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silkman1
I would be glad for the opportunity to customize a Premiere Elements 12 answer to your Premiere Elements 12 issue.
But, I want to make sure that we are together on the details. This is my understanding of what you have written. Please review and let me
know if I am misinterpreting anything that you have written.
You have a video created in Windows Movie Maker.
How did you output the video from Windows Movie Maker...wmv or mp4, what was the frame size and frame rate of that export?
Next you import that video into Premiere Elements 12 (can we assume that this is on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit?)
From what you wrote, you have applied a pan and zoom effect to your video in Premiere Elements.
Now you go to export the Premiere Elements 12 Timeline content with your video with the pan and zoom applied.
But, the pan and zoom effect is not seen in playback of the export.
Is all of the above correct so far?
If so....we are going to need some more details from you...
a. What is the project preset that you or the project are setting to match the properties of the video coming from Movie maker? See Edit Menu/Project Settings/General and the readings for Editing Mode, Timebase, Frame Rate, and Pixel Aspect Ratio even if the fields look grayed out.
b. Are you applying the pan and zoom effect with the Pan and Zoom Tool, fx Effects Presets, or keyframing the Scale (for Zoom) and
Position (for Pan) in the Motion Panel expanded?
c. What are you selecting as your export in Publish+Share/. Please give details...are you using default settings or customizing the export
setting under the Advanced Button/Video Tab and Audio Tab of the preset selected?
I am suspecting some sort of mismatch of your project settings or some problems with working with the Pan and Zoom tool. I need
your answers to help me help you. If I have written anything that you do not understand, please let me know. I will re-write if necessary
so that we are in sync to resolve the issue.
Thanks.
ATR

How to Pan and Zoom Video in Photoshop CS6 | The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost | Adobe TV

In this video tutorial Julieanne walks you through the best way to pan and zoom a “time lapse” image sequences, video clip and still photograph using the new Motion options in Photoshop CS6. For those wanting even greater control, Julieanne also demonstrates how to use smart objects to take advantage of Photoshop CS6’s new Transform attribute in the Timeline panel.
http://adobe.ly/LiGN7k

Excellent video, 5 stars. I would like to see and video about exporting which is mentioned in this tutorial but there isn't such title listed below. Where is that video posted?

Can you uncrop a video on iphoto that was cropped and saved by accident?

Hello I just imported some photos to iphoto and accidentally cropped one of my videos and saved it. Is there any way to get the rest of the video back?

select it and revert to original
LN

Video Crop and Resize

Not sure if this is a bug but it's frustrating! I'm using the
Mac version of Flash CS3. I set everything up correctly to crop a
video clip (dragging the sliders in the 'Crop and Resize' tab). I
then start the queue etc. The resulting flv has NOT cropped as I
specified?? I get strange sizes, distortions etc. This also happens
by direct import to the stage (embed or external).
Also I find that I need to check the 'Resize Video' check box
even if I don't want to resize the video to get Flash to import at
the correct size of the original! This renders the cropping tool
useless. Any ideas anyone?

I've since done some tests. The issue appears to be related
to the source video and not the Flash Video Encoder, particularly
the compression format. I have a set of clips at the same size but
the compression formats are different (I checked the movie
properties in QuickTime). Sorenson versions seem to crop and resize
OK, but the DV format doesn't.
At least the Flash side of things are fine.

Why does pan and zoom create a gap in the video?

I am using pan and zoom to move around still pictures with Premiere Elements 10.0.
When I create the frames and pans in the picture and return to the timeline, PE has inserted a blank gap after the next cut in the video. The pictures are on a separate video track. The gap is just gray and I can't delete and close the gap. When I right-click the gap the Delete and Close Gap popup button is grayed out and cannot be clicked. I'm being very careful to make all of the hold durations plus the pan durations for all frames add up to be the exact length of the original still picture I'm using. Nothing I try seems to get around this problem.
Any suggestions will be greatly apprecieated.
Thanks.

I do not recall reading of a Bug in the program, that would create a gap. It would be more likely, that something is being done in the editing, that is creating the gap.
Having a Title on a Video Track "above" the Clips (Video, or Still), is the normal method of doing an overlay Title, that will appear above the Clips, and display as a superimposition of the Title over the Clip.
Now, when editing, one can control how the editing operation affects existing Clips on the Timeline. For instance, if one wishes to edit, or add material, and have that "ripple" all the existing material, then that is the default editing function. If they, instead, wish to have the edit, or the additional material "replace" Frames in the existing material, then this is done by holding down the Ctrl modifier key. It all depends on what the user requires to happen.
Good luck,
Hunt

Zoom in and pan trough video during playback?

Hi,
is it possible to zoom in and pan trough video files during playback on iphone 3gs? I know that there is a zoom inside accessibility inside settings but is it possible to use that during video playback? Sometimes during playback I need to enlarge some parts of video in a way to read numeric settings or something similar.
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I is it possible to zoom in and pan trough video files during playback on iphone 3GS?
Yes.
I know that there is a zoom inside accessibility inside settings but is it possible to use that during video playback?
Yes. Three-fingered double-click to turn it on or off. Three-fingered drag to move the zoomed image.
Sometimes during playback I need to enlarge some parts of video in a way to read numeric settings or something similar.
The video will have been compressed for use on the iPhone, so zoom may help, but it won't be able to show detail that was lost in the compression.

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