Is there a way to crop in Vegas and keep the aspect ratio?

[Kevinicus]

I'm trying to crop a few scenes to zoom in somewhat to help a cut look better as well as remove part of the background which is a continuity error. The problem is that the black bars at the top and bottom are a part of the image, so when I zoom in on the part I want it cuts out the black bars and when played back becomes closer to a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Is there a way to crop the image with the correct aspect ratio, and to have the black bars remain (without going to some extreme aspect ratio/zoom on the footage)?

 

[ThrowgnCpr]

you will need to add the black bars again. Either you can make the black bars by hand in an image editing program (save as a transparent PNG), and add them as a new layer over the video, or use a plugin like Zenoté letterbox: http://zenote.com/product/letterbox.asp

 

[Kevinicus]

you will need to add the black bars again. Either you can make the black bars by hand in an image editing program (save as a transparent PNG), and add them as a new layer over the video, or use a plugin like Zenoté letterbox: http://zenote.com/product/letterbox.asp

Thanks, but I think I found a simpler way that seemed to do the trick.

 

[white43]

you will need to add the black bars again. Either you can make the black bars by hand in an image editing program (save as a transparent PNG), and add them as a new layer over the video, or use a plugin like Zenoté letterbox: http://zenote.com/product/letterbox.asp

Thanks, but I think I found a simpler way that seemed to do the trick.

Which was.....? Just asking in case someone else comes across a similar issue....

 

[ThrowgnCpr]

probably changing the dimensions on the zoom crop tool.

 

[Kevinicus]

probably changing the dimensions on the zoom crop tool.

Yes, that was it, not sure why I didn't think of it initially (well I did actually, but had a brainfart and couldn't think of how to ensure the aspect ratio was a perfect match with the rest of the film). Just unlocked the aspect ratio, changed the box to match the actual video content and relocked it and shrunk.