Slice off very top and bottom of frame?

Austin wrote on 1/27/2008, 3:18 PM
I am working with 2 different video sizes, one being just a few pixels taller than the other, I guess because of a different ratio? When going back and forth, or while the smaller one plays on top of the larger, you can see a small portion of the video behind sticking out the top and bottom. Is there a way to chop off those parts? Of is there a way to do like letter-boxing on export that will work? I guess I could put a black image over top like the black space in letter-boxing and that could do the trick, but I was hoping vegas had some trick up its sleeve to fix this.

Thanks!
-Austin

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 1/27/2008, 3:38 PM
Pan/Crop is your friend. In the larger video events open up Pan/Crop. Turn off Lock Aspect Ratio, the 5th button down the left side, looks like a small grey rectangle in the corner of a larger white one. Now reduce the height until it matches the smaller events.

Once you've done the first event you can Copy, then select all the rest of the larger events and Paste Event Attributes.
johnmeyer wrote on 1/27/2008, 6:30 PM
Kelly's solution may still give you slight borders, depending on how accurately you are able to move the pan/crop controls. I would suggest instead to open the pan/crop, just like he recommended, but then right click on the display area in the dialog and select "match source aspect."

[Edit] Joran (in the post below) is correct. You should select "match output aspect." Source aspect (as I originally wrote) is not correct.
Jøran Toresen wrote on 1/27/2008, 7:07 PM
John, I think you meant ”Match output aspect”? (If you choose Match source aspect, nothing happens.)

Let’s say your project is 16:9 Widescreen, and some of your footage is standard 4:3. You want to “convert” your 4:3 clips to widescreen. Go into Pan/Crop, right click the 4:3 event (clip) and choose ”Match output aspect”. Then your 4:3 video event will become a widescreen clip. Adjust the 16:9 frame(s) up or down (using key frames if necessary). Exit Pan/Crop, right click this event and choose “Copy”. Control click all the 4:3 events and right click one of them and choose “Paste event attributes”. That’s it.

Jøran Toresen
johnmeyer wrote on 1/28/2008, 9:23 AM
John, I think you meant ”Match output aspect”?

Thanks. I corrected my original post (above).