Shrink Image Clip in Video Track to Stay w/i TV Safe Area

[blplhp]

I have an image clip where certain elements are falling outside the TV safe box lines. Is there a way in either VS10+ or PI 12 to shrink the image (a reverse crop, if you will) where the elements will fit inside the TV safe area? I know I can place the image in the overlay track and resize it, but then I have to add a color clip to the main video track, and then time the fade-in and fade-out of the overlay image to match my one second crossfade transitions on both sides of the black color clip on the video track. In addition, I need to use this shrunken down image in 10 different locations in my project. I don¡¦t want to have to do this procedure 10 times.

It looks like that the ¡§Distort Clip¡¨ function may accomplish this maneuver and it looks like I can copy and paste it to the library which will save the distort adjustment so that I then can drag it to the other nine locations and get the exact same distort size for consistency throughout my movie. Did I answer my own question and is the Distort Clip method the only way to do this in VS10+?

[GeorgeW]

Sometimes I just "scale" the entire video so that I can see all the way to the video edges on my TV (as I do on my computer). I use a standalone encoder that "scales" during the encoding.

I haven't done it in VS (so there might be an easier way), but perhaps you can create your video as usual and save the entire project as a VSP file (the project file). Then start a new project and import the VSP file into the overlay track, and scale it so that all sides fall within the "Safe Area"...

Regards,
George

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Brian

The best way is to use an image editor to create a border around the image, about 10 / 15%
That way the border is lost in the safe area, the full image being visible. if you understand what I mean.

Otherwise

Use Video Studio to create your first image in the overlay track (as you were doing)

Use Tools-Save Current Frame as Image
Use the image, but remember it will only be frame size 720 x ***

Trevor

[blplhp]

Thanks, Trevor,

Trevor said

The best way is to use an image editor to create a border around the image, about 10 / 15%. That way the border is lost in the safe area, the full image being visible.

I assume that PI 12 can easily do this? This seems like the best option.

Otherwise, using VS10+, I would assume that resizing the image in the overlay track or using the "distort clip" function in main video track does the same thing. It appears that it does.

Thanks.