Letterbox

jamodawg97

Newbie Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:47 Messages: 2 Offline

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Jan 14, 2012 10:50

I want to shrink a clip vertically without it actually shrinking the video (like a letterbox) but when I try to drag the white dots downwards it shrinks the whole video.

I remember seeing something like this in the tutorial book but I don;t remember where it was or what it said.

How do I do this?

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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jan 14, 2012 12:29

Hi,
in the preview window you have the clip with the frame, there is 4 small white squares at each corner, under (in same vicinity) is smaller blue dots (hard to see) drag those, they distort the frame independantly.
I think that is waht you are after.
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SkullyHB

Member Joined: Aug 29, 2009 21:04 Messages: 51 Offline

Jan 14, 2012 12:57

Do you mean you want it to look like it's letterboxed, without actually distorting the video? You can do this with the mask feature.

If you double-click the clip on your timeline, the PiP Designer will open up. The right-most tab will allow you pick a shape which acts as a window through which the video is seen. If you uncheck the 'Maintain Aspect Ratio' option, you can adjust the length and width independantly.

This won't distort the video, but it will hide the parts outside of the mask, basically cutting them off. PowerDirector 10 Ultra
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PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Jan 14, 2012 13:16

SkullyHB, say what I would say, see photo


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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Jan 14, 2012 14:29

Hi jamodawg97 -

In PiP Designer:

If you want to shrink/re-proportion the clip for the duration of the clip, masking will work (as described above)... or you could simply do this...

If you want the clip to move from full screen to a shrunken/re-proportioned shape throughout the clip, just uncheck "Maintain Aspect Ratio" and set the keyframes like this...

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jamodawg97

Newbie Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:47 Messages: 2 Offline

Jan 14, 2012 16:27

Thanks for the help everybody!