Croping an Image

[Mike Clasby]

Methinks the easiest way is to hit Ctrl K, or Composition>Composition settings, and then change the dimensions of the comp, making it square. This comp can then be brought into a new comp.

Or you just could have precomped the layer (layer>Precompose (move all attributes) and then open the precomp and resize as above.

[Dustin Parsons]

Really? There’s no effect I can drop on the image so I can crop it similarly to how Final Cut Pro does? Either that or something that would allow me to grab and drag the edges?

If not I guess I’ll have to do it your way.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Mark]

Create a mask….make sure the layer is selected, then select one of the mask tools (The rectangle is the right one for this job), now add either a mask at the bottom to cut out what you don’t want and set the mask to substract in the timeline, or add a mask for what you want to see and makse sure the mask is set to add in the timeline. You can also create a new square solid and use it as a track matte for your image. You really do not need a filter to mask.

Regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
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[Todd Perchert]

Dustin – if you are new to the Mask tool in AE, you’ll want to read help on how to adjust it. It may not appear as friendly as what you’re used to with FCP, but it works well. I use both methods mentioned pretty frequently.

[Dustin Parsons]

Ooooh yeah, I completely forgot about the mask tool. Cool, it’s just what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.

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Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Mike Clasby]

The mask tool, of course. My bad. I think I assumed you would need to control the size of the crop to specified numbers, but I must have read that in on my own.