Help from the masters - crop a photo diagonally

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Help from the masters - crop a photo diagonally

Middle school, we do a video yearbook every year. Student has three video clips, top two corner clips are angled. It creates a triangle at bottom. He wants the bottom video clip to be cropped on an angle so that it fits the black 'triangle' below the top two pics. The students as always are pushing the envelope and know more than me! Can someone direct us to the proper filter or whatever it takes. The 8th graders appreciate you.
Thanks in advance

Intel Imac, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Lab- Education iMacs - PPC eMacs

Posted on Nov 9, 2007 12:21 PM

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Answer 1

David S.

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Nov 9, 2007 12:35 PM in response to Jeff Peach

May be I'm missing something, but load the clip into the sequence, double click on it to load into the viewer, and then go to the Motion tab where the crop tools are, or use a garbage matte.

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Answer 2

Zak Ray

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Nov 9, 2007 12:24 PM in response to Jeff Peach

Best way would be to use a 4-point Garbage Matte (under Filters>Matte).

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Answer 3

budakhan

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Nov 9, 2007 12:27 PM in response to Jeff Peach

if i'm understanding right, your clips are not rectangular like normal video but triangles. if this is the case then I'd say try out an 8-point garbage matte filter. (found in FCP filters) this will allow you to create different angles in your video. scale the clips appropriately, position them in the canvas and just copy paste the filters if you need to cut different clips.

excuse me 4point garbage matte. forgot FCP had one.

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Answer 4

Jim Cookman

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Nov 9, 2007 12:26 PM in response to Zak Ray

Zak's got it. put the appropriate point in the middle of the screen, voila, triangle.

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Answer 5

gogiangigo

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Nov 9, 2007 12:55 PM in response to Jeff Peach

This is ajoke isn't it?

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Answer 6

Jeff Peach Author

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Nov 9, 2007 12:55 PM in response to Zak Ray

Got it, thanks so much, Connor will be stoked!

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Answer 7

budakhan

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Nov 9, 2007 12:58 PM in response to Jeff Peach

coolness. could you please mark the thread as 'solved?' (if it truly is) gotta keep this forum clean.

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Answer 8

Jeff Peach Author

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Nov 9, 2007 12:58 PM in response to gogiangigo

No this is not a joke, these are 13 year old students using Final Cut Pro, who have won the California Student Media Festival 3 of the last 5 years in the video yearbook category. I teach regular curriculum in the lab, do FCP on the side. I don't stare at an FCP screen all day, just do what I can to help these kids figure out what they want to do. Thanks again for the help.

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Answer 9

Zak Ray

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Nov 9, 2007 1:36 PM in response to Jeff Peach

Well, guess that makes me a "master".

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