Quote: I would like to crop a green screen video to eliminate some of the green screen on the left and right of the video. In power tools all I seem to be able to do is zoom.

thanks,

HT

If you put that video on the timeline, then in Clip Mode, in the preview, you can grab the white dots on the corners and in the middle,
You can drag those handles and increase or decrease the size of the video.

You can go into the PIP Designer(Select, click Modify), uncheck maintain aspect ratio and you can change the shape of the video.
You can do very fine adjustments.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi Carl

I want to trim the edges without changing the size. I can't seem to do that.

HT Windows 10 professional
HP Omen Obelisk DT 875-1131
Intel Core i7(3.6GHz)
Eight Core
Memory 32 GB
GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Power supply 750 Watt


Using PD 11 ultimate build 11.0.03026

Heavytiger

Quote: Hi Carl

I want to trim the edges without changing the size. I can't seem to do that.

HT

If you select the clip on the timeline, Click the Modify button, that brings up the PIP Designer.

On the Properties Tab (the one selected when you first enter). Uncheck Maintain Aspect Ratio. You can then expand one dimension of the video without expanding the whole video.

Watch the demo, I did the action in PD9.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi HT -

Using PiP Designer will work, as Carl suggested.

Here's how to get the same result using Power Tools > Video Crop. The way to avoid zoom is to set the first and last keyframes the same, by using the "Duplicate previous/next Keyframe" function.



Cheers - Tony
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Carl and Ynotfish thanks for trying to help me. I watched both videos but I am trying to do something different.

I am working with two tracks. A background track and a green screen track. The talent in front of the green screen occupies only the center third of the green screen. To have less to key out I thought I could trim the right and left portion of the green screen video I don't need. So I don't want anything moved, stretched, or re-sized. I was hoping there would be an easy way to do this without using perhaps a mask. In other words I want the center third of the green screen video to remain exactly as is while eliminating the right and left thirds. This will let the background show through without needing to use chroma key. Chroma key would only be used for the remaining center third.

thanks, HT Windows 10 professional
HP Omen Obelisk DT 875-1131
Intel Core i7(3.6GHz)
Eight Core
Memory 32 GB
GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Power supply 750 Watt


Using PD 11 ultimate build 11.0.03026

Heavytiger

HT -

That's a different question - but you've already thought of the answer!

Mask the green screen clip - then apply chroma key.



Cheers - Tony
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Amazing that this is still an issue with PowerDirector in year 2023. Adobe Premiere you can just hold down Alt or Control and drag the edges of a video and move the video in any area of the video. Why is this such an issue with PD? They should take out the word crop and just say "zoom" as that is the main issue here. No matter what you try and do with or without mainting aspect ratio, the video will always zoom in. Just don't get it. PowerDirector 14 user