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freeze and zoom sizing issue
I’ve been using the “save snapshot” routine of freezing a frame so that i can zoom in on it. i think i finally faked a work around to keep the black wide screen bars on top and bottom during zoom but the other issue i’m having is the frozen frame seems to be slightly smaller than the video. so now when playing the video, the frame freezes but slightly smaller, leaving black bars on the sides as well as top and bottom. When i play in preview mode is views exactly as i’d like to see the final video but after i render it is when it shows this problem. i’ve tried playing with the pixel aspect ratio’s in the clip as well as the project to no success. i’ve tried the different preview settings including taking snap shots at best (full) view. i know the snapshots are saving as 655×480 and don’t know how to change that or even if that would effect it? It sounds like velocity envelopes would solve my problem but those aren’t available in VMS 9.0 which is what i’m using. Can’t think of any other info to provide……. anybody? Thanks – Will
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The Velocity envelope is the perfect option for a streamline
process of what you want to achieve. Setting it to zero,freezes
the frame…..But unfortunately Will, you are not using the
Pro version. Maybe its time you upgrade.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
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Another trick for freezing a video is to create a 1-frame subclip from the frame you want to freeze at, then loop that subclip for as long as you need for the freeze.
Open the media clip in the trimmer, find the frame (zoom in lots) and select just that frame. Then right-click on the selection and choose “Create Subclip”. Then go to the Project Media window and drag the new subclip to the timeline and stretch it out as long as you need. Ensure looping is enabled (R-click event > Switches > Loop) and you’ll end up with a piece of real video (not a snapshot image) in the timeline that creates the freeze-frame effect.
To help you choose the correct frame, go to Preferences > Video tab > Show source frame numbers… and select Timecode. Then you’ll see the in/out frame numbers on the events in the timeline.
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Thanks for your help. it seems though that Sony pulled the subclip option from VMS 9.0 so that won’t work. i think i did figure out another way (though kinda clunky) by taking the other popular method of cut and pasting the same clip and then rendering just that segment so that i would have a clip that i can zoom in on. after a test, it worked seemlessly without messing with the ratio.
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