Border after pan/crop usage

paulrb wrote on 7/14/2008, 11:33 AM
Still being a Vegas newby, I am trying to put a border on an image after I have used the pan/crop tool. I go to Border effx and it puts a border the size of the original image (PRE -pan/cropped), not the new size.

So I end up with a border that doesn't account for its new size/positioning attributes. How do you add a border with (POST-pan/crop) (downstream) attributes? What am I missing?

Thanks!
Paul

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rs170a wrote on 7/14/2008, 11:52 AM
This is from memory so apologies if I get a term wrong.
Look to the right of the FX name beside the FX keyframe window.
You'll see an arrow that will say "Pre-Post" (or something like that).
Click it and the border will be applied to the cropped image instead of the entire frame.

Mike
daryl wrote on 7/14/2008, 11:55 AM
If I understand what you are wanting here, I think the easiest way would be to simply add a video track below the one you are pan/cropping, then insert a solid or gradient to the bottom track, that will then show up like a border around the top track.
Would this work for you?
Daryl
daryl wrote on 7/14/2008, 12:00 PM
Also, re the suggestion from rs170a, it is a small arrow just before the word "border" at the bottom of the fx box, that may be what you a looking for if my original ideas isn't what you need.
paulrb wrote on 7/14/2008, 1:03 PM
The pre/post toggle is what I was looking for! Now I know what that arrow means.

Thanks to everybody!

paulrb wrote on 7/14/2008, 5:35 PM
I spoke premature about the pre/post toggle being my total solution.

When cropping the photograph and making the image smaller than full frame. If I only crop the left 1/2 of the picture and try to put a border on that it still does not create a full border around the picture. Only the left and top side which are the original outer edges have a border.

I guess unless I hear otherwise the suggestion of creating a white box in a layer underneath would be the only solution.

Thanks for any other ideas anyone may have.