+1 for solution 2.

Ok this is what I am going to do.

I made a Black Sqware 720x480 pixals in size and saved it as a JPG image.

Then in movie studio I open my vieo clip on the timeline and then right above my video clip is a track for OverLays.
I open my Black Scware Image there.

Now I just have to use Pan/Crop to move them where I want.

And it works good but one thing?

A little of my Video Clip in the back of the Black Sware is showing at the top and bottum.

No my Video clip is 720x480 and I made my Black Scware 72x480 so this is right.

And my Project Properties in move studio are set to use Scware Pixals at 4:3 so this is right.

So I think I know that you are going to tell me my Black Image may be 720x480 but that it is made up of Scware Pixals.

But everything in my Project is Scware Pixals as well my other video and my project properties????

It shouldn't be square pixels. If your video is 4:3 then it should have a PAR of 0.9091, and if it's widescreen then it should have a PAR of 1.2121.

Also, make sure you have feathering on the mask set to 0.

I do know what you meen when you tell me to make my Father set to 0 when I make my Black box 720x480 in size.

It is the size of the edg of the Black Box I make and I can tell you I see a lot of the video behind it not just a spec?

But I am going to check my Pixal in my Project properties.

My project properties are set to 720x480 and 43 0.9091

I do have my video previue screen set to Best Full but it is set to show at 720x480 is this what is massing it up? I still sould just see my video as 720x480?

When I put my video clip in the timline and the Black box overlay I see a little of the background video at the tiop and bottum.

And Fathering is not going to fix it it is a good bit?

Feathering will probably make it worse.

Try this; in your JPG image, bring up Pan/Crop, right-mouse-button click inside the cropping frame, and chose "Match output aspect" from the menu that pops up.

Alternatively, probably the JPG image should be created at 655x480 instead of 720x480.

Thank you I will try it.

But if my Project Properties is set to 720x480 and the video clip in the timeline is 720x480 why do I make my Black Box 655x480?

This will not be the same size as my video?

It's all because of PAR. The video has a PAR of 0.9091. A graphic JPG file you create in a separate program will have a PAR of 1.0000. Multiply 720 x 0.9091 and what do you get?

I think I know what I can do?

I know how to use the Croma Keyer in movie studio to pick a Color I want as my Keyer and drag it to the timeline. And then use a video to put infront.

But can I just drag a Green Croma Keyer to the timeline with no ather video clips up in the timeline? Then I can just make it say how ever long I want and save it as 720x480 AVi?

I did want to ask what do you meen when you say a video has a PAR and a graphic has a PAR?

What is PAR?

Chroma key works by using the colors in something that is already on the timeline. It's probably not of any use for what you want to do.

Did you try the "match output aspect"? I really think that will fix your problem.

PAR is Pixel Aspect Ratio. Not all pixels are square. A PAR of 0.9091 means that the pixels are just slightly narrower than they are tall, while 1.2121 means they're wider than they are tall. This is how both 4:3 and 16:9 video frames are 720x480 pixels. The 4:3 frame uses narrow pixels while the 16:9 frame uses wide pixels.

Thank you for the help all is good now but I do need help with something I did do with Spliting.

If I have a video in the timeline and I go to Pan/Crop I remember I moved the image off to one side and the other side I draged the handel in and it would take that part of the video away.

I did a lot of this before I put 2. videos on the timeline and had them look like they were side by side.

Even though I put 2. videos on the timeline and moved eatch video to the other side there was always a little extra video over laping the other in the middel of the screen.

And one way O toock care of this was I unchecked Lock Aspec Ratio and Lock To Center.

And if I draged the handels of were the video was overlaping the other I could get ride of the pice of video.

But it is not working if I drage one side of one video in the other side goes in to.

I forgot what I did so I could just drage one side of the video in and the other side would stay as is?

I know I am forgetting to Click a Tab or I am not useing the Aspect Ratio Tab right or the Lock to Center Tab.

I did this but forgot?

OK I now know how to make a split screen.

In Pan/Crop I setLock Aspect Ratio to OFF.
I set Scale about center to OFF.Under Sorce I set Aspect ratio to YES and Stratch to fit frame to NO.

Now I can drag the one side of the screen in and I get half a screen this is good.

But I need to move the whole video over to the right so I thought I could just drag it but when I do the split screen does not move just the image in it.

What am I doing or not doing?

That's what you have to use Track Motion for. You can't do both operations with Pan/Crop.

I looked all over I can not find Track Morion.

http://www.chienworks.com/media/track_motion_control.png