Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums VEGAS Pro How do I crop a moving image and hold it in place?

  • How do I crop a moving image and hold it in place?

    Posted by Chris Lohr on May 22, 2016 at 8:22 am

    In the main video a person is moving his hand around while talking. I want to zoom in on his hand and put it in a picture-in-picture on the top-right.

    I know how to crop his hand, but because I am moving the crop around to follow his hand, I can’t hold the crop in place at the top-right.

    I’m sure this has a simple solution, but I just can’t figure it out! Thank you for any help!

    Chris Lohr replied 10 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Melvin Snijders

    May 22, 2016 at 9:47 am

    Hi,

    You can copy the layer so you have 2 the same layers. Then you can right-click on the second and select pan/crop. I think you already know this step. Now you see a timeline under the video at pan/crop. It works easy, you can select a square and crop it, then you add another square and crop it too. Vegas will automatic smooth the movement. I hope this is what you mean.

  • Chris Lohr

    May 22, 2016 at 10:27 am

    That was it, thank you! I kept automatically going to Mask in the Pan/Crop, and that’s why it was moving around. I’m new to Vegas so I’m still getting confused over the basic features.

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy