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Trouble cutting off image edges
Hi,
I have a large number of photos that I want to output in a video. For each photo, the bottom edge must be cut off. The original photos have a resolution of 1920×1113. With the edges cut off, the resolution is exactly 1920×1080. Naturally I want to render the video to this resolution.
Let’s say I start with projects settings using a 1920×1113 resolution. The full image is now visible. Then, I crop it to 1920×1080. Now I see the cropped image with black bars at the bottom and top. So far so good. But now you comes the tricky part: I want to export it to 1920×1080 without the black bars. The problem is that if I change the project settings or export the video to 1920×1080, the black bars are not cut off but instead the image is cropped again!
It’s extremely annoying… If anyone knows a solution please let me know!
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16 Replies
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You should keep your project at 1920×1080, open each image in Pan/Crop and right-click and select Match Output Aspect and the results will be a 1920×1080 crop without any black bars.
~jr
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You’re right that the black bars are gone. Unfortunately, it cuts off the bottom and upper edge instead of only the bottom edge. So I have 16/17 pixels cut off on two sides instead of 33 pixels on one side.
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You can readjust the placement, see the left side of the pan/crop window.
Jeff
Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage
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You could use IrfanView’s Batch Conversion, Advanced options to crop (from left top) the images to exactly 1920 x 1080. Use these images in your Vegas project.
Since this is a destructive edit, do this on a COPY of your original media.
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I can move the image, but it’ll still remain cropped…
I’ve take a screenshot of the project, maybe that helps. In the cropping you see that only the bottom edge is cropped. In the preview window, the bottom and upper edge is cropped.
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Yeah, that’s sort of a plan B. The problem is that there many photos, so it’ll probably take a long time.
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Yes, I see that. Render a test section and then play it back on the device you want. I’m interested to see just how much of these Bars will be visible. Apply your Safe Areas overlay and you’ll get an idea just how much will be visible in the final render.
As to it taking a long time, well you’re here ‘cos you’re here. There are a number of good solutions on offer, which one will you go with?
Keep us posted on your decision.
Grazie
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[Daan Odinot] “Yeah, that’s sort of a plan B. The problem is that there many photos, so it’ll probably take a long time.”
No it won’t.
Once you figure out your Batch Action settings, IrfanView (fantastic and free!!) is very quick at processing the images.
I’ve done multi-stage batch processing on a folder with over 300 images in it and it takes less then 2 minutes. -
I use Picasa 3 (free from Google) to crop with 16:9 template and then you have the choice of compressing or keeping full resolution.
J. Paul
System Specs: I7 3.4 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem x64 VegasPro 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550
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[Daan Odinot] “I’ve take a screenshot of the project, maybe that helps. In the cropping you see that only the bottom edge is cropped. In the preview window, the bottom and upper edge is cropped.”
It looks like your aspect does not match. Try this: right-click on the crop window, select Restore and the select Match Output Aspect, then tap the Up-Arrow key a few times to move the crop to the top.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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