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Cropping Matte Black Bars with Quicktime Pro

Mollo

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Cropping Matte Black Bars with Quicktime Pro

Sometimes a clip might have matte black bars above and below (and even to the sides) you want to get rid of.

1. First open the clip in Quicktime Pro.

2. Take a screen shot (Shift Command + 3) and import it into Photoshop or any other photo editing software program.

3. Crop the image carefully into black and white areas, so that black bars surround a white square or rectangle where the image once was.

4. Invert the image, so now a black rectangle is surrounded by a white border.

5. Save this as a PNG picture (or GIF, Jpeg with no alpha transparency).

6. In Quicktime Pro, select the video track from "Window" and select "Show Movie Properties".

7. Select the Video Track and then click on "Visual Settings".

8. Import the black and white image into the "Visual Settings" window (Drag "N' Drop). The black area in the Matte will be used as blockage and the corresponding area in video will be retained.

This video tutorial shows you how (but I think it best to invert the image outside the Quicktime software rather than in it).

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Nice, thanks for the information Mollo. Always good to have these tricks in your bag.
 
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