Simple Crop Without Zoom in PowerDirector 8?

seandirector

Newbie Joined: Aug 19, 2010 00:26 Messages: 6 Offline

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Aug 19, 2010 00:31

In PowerDirector 8, I would like to simply crop a video without zooming/panning in toward the subject. The video camera I used had the viewfinder showing a certain frame intake and the real video data had a wider fram intake. I have many videos that I need to crop. I do not have a need to zoom in.

I used the crop tool in PowerDirector 8 and it automatically zooms in. I can't seem to find a way to turn the zooming feature off. Any ideas?

coreytroy

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Aug 19, 2010 01:14

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Cranston

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Aug 19, 2010 01:17

Hi seandirector,

The zooming in and out is controlled by the Key Frames (little diamonds).
If you do not want any zooming…
- Move the scrubber (blue line) to the first key frame > Size the crop to desired size.
- Move scrubber to the last key frame.
- Click on the “double diamond with plus (+) sign” tab > choose Duplicate Previous Key Frame.
The crop will now remain constant throughout the duration of the clip.

Or…
- Place clip in a PIP track > Click the Modify tab to open PIP Designer.
- Expand the clip beyond the boundaries of the preview screen to get just the desired area.
- Click OK.

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seandirector

Newbie Joined: Aug 19, 2010 00:26 Messages: 6 Offline

Aug 19, 2010 21:53

Cranston,

Yes, sir. That all did the trick! Thanks much for the tips! I chose option 1 because I wanted the PIP for a real picture and I needed to trim the video. So, it was nice to have the video on the video track.

-seandirector

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