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Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/2/2003, 5:35 AM
Is this a trick question? ;o)
PeterWright wrote on 12/2/2003, 5:43 AM
Not sure if this is what you want, but you can:

* Crop to get rid of unwanted borders
* render cropped video as new clip
* zoom out from new clip
jetdv wrote on 12/2/2003, 6:37 AM
How about using Pan/Crop to crop and Track Motion to Zoom?

Or you could crop the photo in your paint program and then just use Pan/Crop to zoom.
jerryp48 wrote on 12/2/2003, 7:05 AM
PeterWright

I'll try that.

thanks.
jerryp48 wrote on 12/2/2003, 7:07 AM
I'm refering to a video, not an image. But I'll try the Track Motion idea.

thanks.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/2/2003, 7:25 AM
The thing that is confusing me, Jerry, is the idea of zooming out on an already cropped image, based on the way you've described it. If you have it "cropped," how can you zoom out any further?
jerryp48 wrote on 12/2/2003, 10:12 AM
When you "crop" a video event in Vegas you're simply zooming in until the edges are outside the viewable area. The cropping I'm used to envolves actually cutting the unwanted border off. Then you can do what ever you want with what's left over, zooming out included.

Does that make more sense?
Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/2/2003, 10:52 AM
Yes. Now I see. Thank you.

1. Why not crop the video clip as needed.
2. Render cropped video to .avi file.
3. Insert new .avi in timeline and zoom out?

Does that work?
jerryp48 wrote on 12/2/2003, 11:03 AM
Yep.

I was just trying to find an easier way.

thanks
Liam_Vegas wrote on 12/2/2003, 11:12 AM
I believe the solution has already been described by Jetdv. Crop as usual... and then use the track-motion feature to zoom out (keyframing as necessary).
jerryp48 wrote on 12/2/2003, 12:36 PM
Yep that worked too.

thanks.