Crop/Zoom-In/Resize full motion shot
I've got some real nasty vignetting in a 2-1/2 minute video clip, and I must use the clip.
I would like to figure out how to increase the shot size (ZOOM IN) by about 15% and re-render it to take care of this problem.
This is full motion video, NOT a still photograph --Ken Burns won't work here (sadly).
Thanx!
Gerry,
perhaps these two plug-ins may be of interest to you:
http://imovieplugins.com/plugs/eliminateborders.html
and
http://imovieplugins.com/plugs/adjustsize.html
Hope this helps,
-ch
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I work for cf/x, and may profit from posting here.
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