How do I render a 1:1 square video in Movie Studio?

Matt-Kee wrote on 1/28/2020, 2:06 AM

Hey, I've been able to make the project properties square, but there isn't a corresponding render template to make the video square, or an option to make a custom template.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Matt

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Marco. wrote on 1/28/2020, 2:31 AM

Basic version of Movie Studio or Movie Studio Platinum?

Matt-Kee wrote on 1/28/2020, 10:50 AM

I have Basic Movie Studio 14

Marco. wrote on 1/28/2020, 1:50 PM

In the basic version you are stuck to the given render presets. If there is no square frame render preset, no (direct) way to do (except you'd accept black borders).

j-v wrote on 1/28/2020, 2:37 PM

I don't have VMS 14 basic version so I can't check it there.
But I have that one of VMS 16.
There it is possible to make a square project through Project/Properties that is able to render it also square. Look at the screenshot

Marco. wrote on 1/28/2020, 4:05 PM

That project property does not affect the render property.

j-v wrote on 1/28/2020, 5:03 PM

@Marco.
You are right Marco, the rendered file has 2 black borders when I looked better.

Matt-Kee wrote on 1/30/2020, 8:09 AM

Argh, how frustrating. Do you know what I'd have to upgrade to in order to be able to render a square video?

vkmast wrote on 1/30/2020, 8:33 AM

@j-v shows you an example in the basic Movie Studio 16 here. The Platinum version is recommended as you can customize render templates there and the price difference is rather negligible. Test with the free trial, available here. Rendering in the trial is restricted to a project less than two minutes though.

Marco. wrote on 1/30/2020, 12:02 PM

Just to add two workarounds for the basic version:

You could also render a squeezed version of your cropped footage and then use another renderer just like FFmpeg to render a square version of the Movie Studio output.
You could use a Vegas render template file generated elsewhere (from another person or from the Platinum or Vegas Pro demo version) which you then copy to the Movie Studio Render Templates folder (User/Name/App Data/Roaming/).