Change Event Pan/Crop default to match output?

andy-stecklein wrote on 12/30/2015, 7:26 AM
I have pictures that I'm using to make a video with and have found the task of cropping each image to fill the output of the project very time consuming. Is there a way to change the Event Pan/Crop default to Match Output Aspect for a group of pictures, or better yet by default so that when I drag and drop the pictures into the video timeline they are already cropped?

Additional info: I have the project properties set to output the video to wide screen. The pictures I'm using fill the screen top to bottom but not left to right. To fill the black bars on the side I'm opening the Event Pan/Crop editor on each picture, right click the picture, then selecting Match Output Aspect. This crops the top and bottom of the picture and fills the entire video space of the project output.

I know that in some cases I'll have to manually adjust the frame position up or down to ensure I have the important part of the picture in the view but this would save me a ton of time!

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vkmast wrote on 12/30/2015, 7:49 AM
>>>"better yet by default so that when I drag and drop the pictures into the video timeline they are already cropped?"<<<

Options > Preferences > Editing "Automatically crop still images added to the timeline"?
andy-stecklein wrote on 12/31/2015, 7:13 AM
NICE! vkmast you've saved me a great deal of time!
musicvid10 wrote on 12/31/2015, 9:33 AM
Wow, thanks vkmast!