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Customised cropping!
I need to export some video files for a client who has quite specific requirements.
Basically, there is a live subject on screen with some pretty minimal movement – maybe the turning of a head or a slight change in position. My client wants these video clips cropped as closely as possible to the subject without actually losing any of them outside of the frame. This isn’t a simple case of creating solid colours to mask the unwanted parts of the image, the actual exported video must only be the size of the subject with available space for their movements without scaling or resizing the original.
I found the ‘crop’ tool, but the black gets exported with the video. Also, in the export window, you can muck around with another crop function, but again, the black is still exported with the video.
Working on PPro CS6.
Anyone out there had to do this before or know of a way it can be done?
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4 Replies
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Try cropping in AME, I believe this workflow will do what you desire
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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AME = Media Encoder, right?
I just found the ‘Area Of Interest’ tool in After Effects, too. It let’s me do exactly what I explained. I think I’d feel more comfortable with Media Encoder, though. It’s loading up right now! Thanks Jeff!
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Hi Fraser,
I’d never actually tried this myself, but saw it discussed recently online, so I just tried it and it worked!
In Adobe Media Encoder, choose the SOURCE tab at top left, and then click the crop tool icon also at upper left, then click and drag on preview image to crop. While doing this, it will superimpose the dimensions of the cropped area. You will want to come up with X and Y numbers that are divisible by 8 for best results, since encoders work in blocks that size.
In the actual Export settings, manually set the frame size to match the cropped area size. I used H.264 for the format.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers -
Wow. That has just solved all of my issues.
Very well done! And thanks for the added info. That’ll save me coming back with more problems later!
Really appreciate it.
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