Editing portrait (vertical) video in with horizontals

[took-the-red-pill]

Hi there,

I have some video some silly person shot with their phone vertical - in spite of me asking them to always be horizontal.

I want to be able to move that to the left or right and drop in another video beside it, with them both on screen at the same time.

However, the thick blackouts on the left and right of the cell phone footage a) won't move, b) block out whatever video behind it, and crop into the image if you move it to the side.

I have monkeyed with pretty much every preset that comes with Reaper and can't figure it out.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Keith

[papagirafe]

Originally Posted by took-the-red-pill

Hi there,

I have some video some silly person shot with their phone vertical - in spite of me asking them to always be horizontal.

I want to be able to move that to the left or right and drop in another video beside it, with them both on screen at the same time.

However, the thick blackouts on the left and right of the cell phone footage a) won't move, b) block out whatever video behind it, and crop into the image if you move it to the side.

I have monkeyed with pretty much every preset that comes with Reaper and can't figure it out.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Keith

Oddly there is no cropping tool with the stock presets. Several people work on that problem but here is a cropping preset that should do exactly what you need. Just add it in the fx chain before "Overlay: image". In your case I would leave the parameter "sizing policy to 0. If you need help on adding custon presets just follow the sticky thread "Links to additional Video processor presets"

//girafx:crop
//by papagirafe
//if you like this preset, please consider a donation or a tip at https://paypal.me/papagirafe
//@param sp "sizing policy" 0 0 3 1 1   //0:none, same as cropped source, 1:stretch to project's dim, 2:max pw, 3:max ph
//@param cl "crop left" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param cr "crop right" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param ct "crop top" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param cb "crop bottom" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param sm "smooth filter" 0 0 1 0.5 1

E=0xFFFE; //allow only even values
input_info(0,w,h)?(
  cl=(cl*w)&E;cr=(cr*w)&E;ct=(ct*h)&E;cb=(cb*h)&E;
  cx=cl;cy=ct;
  cw=w-(cl+cr);ch=h-(ct+cb); 
  sp==0?(project_w=dw=cw;project_h=dh=ch):
  sp==1?(dw=project_w;dh=project_h):
  sp==2?(dh=project_h;project_w=dw=(dh/project_w)*cw)&E:
  (dw=project_w;project_h=dh=(project_h/dw)*ch)&E;
  gfx_set(0,0,0,1,sm?0x100:0,-1);
  gfx_blit(0,0,0,0,dw,dh,cx,cy,cw,ch);
);

[took-the-red-pill]

Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much.

Hopefully all these extra FX can one day get added to Reaper so a person doesn’t have to go looking for each one individually.

Cheers mate.
Keith.

[took-the-red-pill]

Originally Posted by papagirafe

Oddly there is no cropping tool with the stock presets. Several people work on that problem but here is a cropping preset that should do exactly what you need. Just add it in the fx chain before "Overlay: image". In your case I would leave the parameter "sizing policy to 0. If you need help on adding custon presets just follow the sticky thread "Links to additional Video processor presets"

//girafx:crop
//by papagirafe
//if you like this preset, please consider a donation or a tip at https://paypal.me/papagirafe
//@param sp "sizing policy" 0 0 3 1 1   //0:none, same as cropped source, 1:stretch to project's dim, 2:max pw, 3:max ph
//@param cl "crop left" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param cr "crop right" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param ct "crop top" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param cb "crop bottom" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param sm "smooth filter" 0 0 1 0.5 1

E=0xFFFE; //allow only even values
input_info(0,w,h)?(
  cl=(cl*w)&E;cr=(cr*w)&E;ct=(ct*h)&E;cb=(cb*h)&E;
  cx=cl;cy=ct;
  cw=w-(cl+cr);ch=h-(ct+cb); 
  sp==0?(project_w=dw=cw;project_h=dh=ch):
  sp==1?(dw=project_w;dh=project_h):
  sp==2?(dh=project_h;project_w=dw=(dh/project_w)*cw)&E:
  (dw=project_w;project_h=dh=(project_h/dw)*ch)&E;
  gfx_set(0,0,0,1,sm?0x100:0,-1);
  gfx_blit(0,0,0,0,dw,dh,cx,cy,cw,ch);
);

I downloaded the code. I copied and pasted it. It works and functions.
I saved the preset as Vertical Video Crop 2
It loads and functions
I placed an instance of IMAGE OVERLAY After Vertical Video Crop 2.
I left Sizing Policy at 0

However, I get the same results as before. The black bars on either side are in FRONT of the image, so if I try to crop, the black bars cover my image.

I need the black bars to be completely translucent, so I can place the image wherever I need to, and so I can zoom in to fit a horizontal Frame.

I'll try to post a picture of the results I got.

Thanks
Keith.

[took-the-red-pill]

Originally Posted by papagirafe

Oddly there is no cropping tool with the stock presets. Several people work on that problem but here is a cropping preset that should do exactly what you need. Just add it in the fx chain before "Overlay: image". In your case I would leave the parameter "sizing policy to 0. If you need help on adding custon presets just follow the sticky thread "Links to additional Video processor presets"

//girafx:crop
//by papagirafe
//if you like this preset, please consider a donation or a tip at https://paypal.me/papagirafe
//@param sp "sizing policy" 0 0 3 1 1   //0:none, same as cropped source, 1:stretch to project's dim, 2:max pw, 3:max ph
//@param cl "crop left" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param cr "crop right" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param ct "crop top" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param cb "crop bottom" 0 0 1 0.5 0.001
//@param sm "smooth filter" 0 0 1 0.5 1

E=0xFFFE; //allow only even values
input_info(0,w,h)?(
  cl=(cl*w)&E;cr=(cr*w)&E;ct=(ct*h)&E;cb=(cb*h)&E;
  cx=cl;cy=ct;
  cw=w-(cl+cr);ch=h-(ct+cb); 
  sp==0?(project_w=dw=cw;project_h=dh=ch):
  sp==1?(dw=project_w;dh=project_h):
  sp==2?(dh=project_h;project_w=dw=(dh/project_w)*cw)&E:
  (dw=project_w;project_h=dh=(project_h/dw)*ch)&E;
  gfx_set(0,0,0,1,sm?0x100:0,-1);
  gfx_blit(0,0,0,0,dw,dh,cx,cy,cw,ch);
);

I downloaded the code

[papagirafe]

Originally Posted by took-the-red-pill

I downloaded the code. I copied and pasted it. It works and functions.
I saved the preset as Vertical Video Crop 2
It loads and functions
I placed an instance of IMAGE OVERLAY After Vertical Video Crop 2.
I left Sizing Policy at 0

However, I get the same results as before. The black bars on either side are in FRONT of the image, so if I try to crop, the black bars cover my image.

I need the black bars to be completely translucent, so I can place the image wherever I need to, and so I can zoom in to fit a horizontal Frame.

I'll try to post a picture of the results I got.

Thanks
Keith.

There must be something else in the project structure that creates the black bars. If you could share your "rpp" file even without the videos/images. It is small enough to share through Reaper Stash.

[took-the-red-pill]

Okay, I don't think there is anything about the project settings that's odd,
It's in 1080 at 30 FPS.
ALL HORIZONTAL VIDEOS - of which there are about 30 - play perfectly fine.

I'll see if this old Luddite can figure out how to attach it. It's 454 Kb so hopefully it will go.

[took-the-red-pill]

By the way, I really appreciate you trying to help me figure this out, my long necked friend.

Here's what happens when I try to crop using the preset in the text.

[vitalker]

Perhaps it is video tracks order. There is a setting for that, but try the reverse order.

[papagirafe]

Originally Posted by took-the-red-pill

By the way, I really appreciate you trying to help me figure this out, my long necked friend.

Here's what happens when I try to crop using the preset in the text.

Combining images is tricky especially if you have many picture to combine. Track order is important and dependant upon "video item visibility" in project´s setting. Also for consitent results in zooming images, you need to set the projects´s "prefered video size". Here is a sample project for you:

https://stash.reaper.fm/46243/croppi...s%20solved.zip