![]() Remove Black Bars from Video with Premiere Pro If you’re looking for more tips and tricks for editing video, make sure to check out my other articles on After Effects, Premiere Pro, and video editing.Part 1. Let me know if you have any questions about cropping a video in the comments below. Now you’re ready to crop a video project in Adobe Premiere Pro. Wrapping Up Cropped Videos in Premiere Pro You can even save a separate project file if you want to experiment with major changes to a video. Even slight crops can dramatically change the final video.Īlways start by making small adjustments first and then working towards bigger changes. You don’t have to make huge crops to create a big change in your video. If cropping your video isn’t delivering the results you’re looking for, don’t feel bad about going back and reshooting a scene that didn’t turn out. ![]() Cropping can also spoil otherwise outstanding framing. It’s sometimes better to go back and completely reshoot a scene then it is to try and make it work with some aggressive cropping.Ĭropping and zooming in can lower the resolution of your videos. Sometimes, Reshoots Are Better Than Crops Trust me, it’ll make your editing that much easier. You don’t need to go fisheye, but give yourself a little protection when shooting. Shooting a little wider than you intend will give you more material to work with when it comes time to make your final edits. This is just as true in videography as it is in life in general. Shoot Wide Before You CropĪlways try to set yourself up for success. The more you crop and zoom, the lower the resolution of the cropped clip becomes.Įven if your final output is going to be a 1080p social media video, you should start working with the highest resolution files you can get. Crop Videos Using High Resolution FilesĬropping costs you resolution. You can also change your aspect ratio, but make sure you do that with intention. ![]() This means making symmetrical changes while cropping which will maintain the original aspect ratio. Tips for Cropping Video Clips Maintain Your Aspect RatioĪre you cropping a 16:9 video or maybe 1.33:1? It’s best practice to maintain that aspect ratio throughout a project. Open the Motion drop-down menu and you should find the scaling controls. You can find the controls to manually scale a video and your Effects Workspace. You can also manually scale each video clip individually. This can lead to some pretty serious distortion, but it’s also much faster than Set To Frame Size. Scale To Frame adjusts the individual pixels inside of your video clip. This can be useful for setting the size of all of your clips when you first import them to a new sequence. Set To Frame Size changes the size of your clip to the frame size of the sequence you’re editing in. Both of these can be accessed by right-clicking the clip you want to resize and scrolling through the pop-up menu. You’ve got two one click options for resizing a video clip. Here’s how you can resize a video clip to match the rest of your footage. As a general rule, you never want to change aspect ratios in the middle of a video without having some serious artistic motivations behind that decision. How to Resize a Cropped Video in Premiere ProĬropping a video can sometimes alter your aspect ratio. The higher you slide this effect, the more feathering you will notice. Edge Feather-Edge Feather adds a feathering effect to the border of your crop.The results aren’t always pretty, but this is the fastest way to scale up a clip after cropping. Zoom-The zoom button lets you automatically fill the frame with the visible section leftover after your crop.As an example, you can create a left to right wipe transition by setting two keyframes for a 100% left crop. Keyframes-Keyframes mark the start and end points of an effect or transition.While you might not always use each of these options, it’s important to know what they do-they can really come in handy when you need them! You’ve got a few additional tools that can help you fine tune your cropping. Step 5-Fine Tuning Your Crop with Keyframes and Zoom All you need to do is enter in a percentage and the clip will be cropped accordingly. ![]() You can adjust your crop from the left, right, top, and bottom. Once you found the crop effect, all you need to do is drag it onto the clip that you want to adjust. The easiest way to find the crop effect is to head over to the effects window and just search for the word “crop.” Step 3-Apply the Crop Effect to Your Video Step 2-Locate the Crop Video EffectĬropping a video is technically a video effect in Premiere. Step 1-Import Your Video ClipĮvery video editing project in Premiere Pro starts with importing the clips that you’ll be editing. Here’s a quick five-point guide to get you started. Cropping is one of the most important video effects that you can learn.
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