The Idiots Guide to Vegas

[Kumatora]

pan/crop?

I looked around there to find something that would do that. What should I be looking for to allow me to move a clip to the corner side and zoom it in/out in order to fit.

Basically, I want this:


To have Brawl Wolf and Fox in the corners.

I'd put a screen of it up from the GMV, but I got rid of the clip and don't feel like recreating it at the moment.

[JaddziaDax]

Ah so do I mask out the part of the clip I want like it was a paino key,and paste it along the clip a few times while moving its position?

you can try the track motion instead of pan/crop because you are wanting to use the masking tool, though crackers will bitch about how it's no good. I believe that panning a masked image will not work out how you want it.

[JaddziaDax]

pan/crop?

I looked around there to find something that would do that. What should I be looking for to allow me to move a clip to the corner side and zoom it in/out in order to fit.
Basically, I want this:
http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/e32001/ssb14_640w.jpg
To have Brawl Wolf and Fox in the corners.
I'd put a screen of it up from the GMV, but I got rid of the clip and don't feel like recreating it at the moment.

It sounds like you are looking for the masking tool and not necessarily the pan/crop.

But since it seems you don't know where to find either, to get to pan/crop:


and as for masking:












a slightly more extensive guide is near the beginning of this thread.

[AimoAio]

oh dear slight problem.I have 2 copies of the clip with a crossfade on the top one(is that the fade offset?



and the cookie cutter on the top clip with the keyframes.I've changed the size and everything



but when I play the video,it starts of with colour,then it goes grey circle wise but I want it the other way around,how'd I do that?

[AimoAio]

the 2 pictures again,hopefully to the right size now

[TaranT]

The bottom clip should have the B&W effect and no CC. The top clip gets the CC but no B&W.

And you don't need all those keys unless you want a LOT of action. Just two keyframes, the left one with a small size, the right one with a large size.

I'm not sure the cookie cutter behaves well with a size of zero. (Don't have my other PC powered up or I'd try it out.) Which is why the fade is there: set the left CC size to very small, then fade it in for a smooth start.

Don't forget to experiment with the feather and border sliders.

[AimoAio]

see when you say fade it in?is that using the fade offset on the top corners of the clip?or the crossfade between 2 clips?

[JaddziaDax]

this (right click and save as - wmv video file showing you what he's asking you to do) is what he is describing. he just wants to show you how to start thinking with layers instead of thinking everything goes on one line.

[AimoAio]

Ah I know,I've been trying to now,which is good.

How'd I go about using that track motion tool to move a clip from 1 side to another?Like say I wanted a circle of someones face from another clip move from the left hand side of the screen to another.How'd I go about doing that?I know the circle bit,I think you use the cookie cutter..

[JaddziaDax]

give me a bit...