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  • split screen

    Posted by John Scott on April 8, 2010 at 8:41 am

    I have an excellent video spoiled by catching the heads of spectators in the bottom quarter of the screen i.e. the whole screen left to right.

    Is there a way I can remove that bottom quarter so that I end up with a video without the heads showing ?

    many thanks
    John

    Bill Hames replied 16 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  • John Rofrano

    April 8, 2010 at 10:53 am

    You could use Pan/Crop on the Event to crop them out. The default behavior for Pan/Crop is to Stretch to fill frame. You must turn this OFF in the properties under Source. Then anything you crop will just be cut off. If you hold Ctrl+Alt while you drag, it will override Lock Aspect and Size About Center which you don’t want in this case. (you could always disable those manually as well)

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • John Scott

    April 8, 2010 at 11:47 am

    Many thanks – will follow that
    john

  • Bill Hames

    April 8, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    Great tip, John. Now can you move the underlying picture WITHOUT using Track Motion or is my cropped face, for example, always going to be in the same position onscreen? I know this can be done with Track Motion, but that requires a seperate track for each element.

  • John Rofrano

    April 8, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    Yes you can move the picture without track motion. Just move the crop area and it will move the picture.

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • Bill Hames

    April 8, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    Hmmm.. When I move the crop area the picure element remains stationary. This is something I’d love to do. Been making “slideshows” in Vegas forever. Would like to position 2 pics side by side w/out Track Motion.
    Still tryin’.

  • John Rofrano

    April 8, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    Would like to position 2 pics side by side w/out Track Motion. Still tryin’.

    Follow my tutorial: Creating a Split Screen using a Mask and it will show you how with just Pan/Crop.

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • Bill Hames

    April 8, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    Excellent! The mask was the part I was missing. Thanks.

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