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mmreed wrote on 1/1/2004, 9:53 AM
pan and crop work in reverse than what seem natural.. the dragging you are doing is not the clip, but the actual screen. So to make a clip smaller, drag the screen bigger. then just move it to where you want (working in reverse).

Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/2/2004, 6:21 AM
Position the timeline cursor over the section you're doing your pan-and-crop on and you'll be able to see how it will look when you're done.
Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/2/2004, 6:24 AM
Oh and, if all that dragging of the frame and all gets confusing, just manually type in 2160 x 1440 (or whatever looks good to you) as the size and then move the frame around until your picture-in-picture is where you want it.
rrogan wrote on 1/2/2004, 10:59 AM
I really like this feature but can you only crop a portion of the screen instead of the entire screen to show up as the picture-in-pictue?
Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/2/2004, 12:04 PM
Among the video effects is something called the Cookie Cutter.

This gives you the options of a couple basic shapes and creates a "window" that shows only the portion of the video layer you want to show.

And, yes, one of the beautiful things about this program is that you can pile several effects (pan-and-crop, cookie cutter) on top of the same clip!

As before, the best way to experiment is to set the timeline cursor on top of the clip you're affecting before you adjust the effects so that you can see how it will look when you're done.

Try THAT in one of the competitor's programs!
jayman8190 wrote on 1/9/2004, 1:41 AM
Please be more specific ... what are the steps to creating a fully-sized video, in a smaller box, within the final screen of a still shot or other media?

Thanks - JayMan
mmreed wrote on 1/9/2004, 5:45 AM
insert your still on the video track

insert your video on the overlay track

right click the video on the overlay track and choose Video Event Pan/Crop

adjust the display so it sizes it how you like using the squares on each corner and middle of the box.
maninyork wrote on 1/14/2004, 10:46 PM
To create the picture in a picture effect I found out through trail and error. The best way to do this to use the Pan/Crop feature. Place your "small video and/or picture" into the video overlay track, right-click on the video and select Pan/Crop, click on "Show Properties" icon, adjust the "Magnify View (%)" down to 12.5, you then should be able to click and drag your border box. After playing around with it I found out the it's exactly what I need to create the "PIP" effect. Hope this helps.