Can crop out action-safe areas AND resize to 320x240 in expression encoder or otherwise?
by chon teck
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Aug 29, 2008 at 1:54:26 pm
Hi All,
I need to compress a 768x576 avi into a 320x240 wmv using expression encoder 2.
However, I would also like to crop out the action-safe areas of the source avi file (about 5% on each of the four sides) so that the 320x240 output file gets "closer" to the action.
My efforts so far have not been successful since in expression encoder, I have been able to do only either resize or crop but not both at the same time (The cropping seems to override the resize options).
Can anyone suggest a solution or an alternative using other software?
Re: Can crop out action-safe areas AND resize to 320x240 in expression encoder or otherwise? by Daniel Low on Aug 29, 2008 at 2:55:26 pm
In the Crop settings under video profile, do you have 'Sync Size to crop' checked?
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Re: Can crop out action-safe areas AND resize to 320x240 in expression encoder or otherwise? by chon teck on Sep 2, 2008 at 1:16:02 am
Update:
Thanks Daniel!
Was confused by what seemed to be repeated settings in the interface.
Here's what worked:
(1)In Video Profile>Crop, 'Sync Size to crop' needs to be deselected
(2) In Video Profile>Crop, specify the amount and positioning of crop as needed
(3) In BOTH Profile>Video and Video Profile>Size, enter output resolution as needed.
