Generated media: Frame size not working as expected, inexplicable zoom

helloworld wrote on 11/9/2017, 8:09 AM

Hey

I'm trying to highlight a bunch of stuff in my video with semi-transparent rectangles. I'm trying to use the solid color generated media to do it. The problem I'm facing is that this generated media always seems to zoom in a way that it takes 100% of the screen width or height.

My video screen is 2560x1440. I enter a frame size of 100x100 and I get a rectangle the height of the screen, which doesn't make any sense to me.

I'll attach two screenshots, one with 100x100 and one with 10x10 and you'll see both are 1440x1440.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks

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helloworld wrote on 11/9/2017, 10:08 AM

The rectangles are just for illustration. I want a rectangle of 100x100 px and I want to be able to place it anywhere on the screen easily. Currently if I enter 100x100 the rectangle becomes 1440x1440px, so the entire height of the video. This is the black rectangle in the screenshot.

The software is Vegas Movie Studio 14.0 Platinum.

3POINT wrote on 11/9/2017, 11:31 AM

I think of what you're trying to achieve, the Cookie Cutter FX is the right tool.

 

ps I just see that Cornico had the same idea.

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helloworld wrote on 11/9/2017, 11:55 AM

Cookie cutter looks quite good. However, is it not possible to define a rectangle with a custom width/height ratio? It seems the rectangle cookie cutter has a fixed aspect ratio which I find a bit limited.

 

Actually the "cut away section" is what I originally had in mind. Here's a screenshot of some of the actual footage:

Former user wrote on 11/9/2017, 12:23 PM

Another way to try, although not ideal. insert generated media at full resolution and Use Track motion to resize and position.

cris wrote on 11/9/2017, 1:44 PM

Cookie cutter looks quite good. However, is it not possible to define a rectangle with a custom width/height ratio?

Doesn't seem like it, and I too find it quite a annoying limitation - actually masking is the only serious limitation of MS14. The workaround is simple but boring - add more cookie cutters to achieve the masking you want.

If you do or plan to do lots of detailed masking tough, MS14 may not be the best tool for you.

vkmast wrote on 11/9/2017, 1:49 PM