How to crop videos similar to how images can be cropped?
October 2, 2017 5:19 AM Subscribe
Is there a free or cheap program that can crop videos similar to how images can be cropped? For a Windows PC.
I'm competent with doing very basic image editing, things like cropping, resizing, cloning etc. But I have much less experience with video editing and am not sure where to begin with cropping a video (if that's even the right term). Searching around there's many apps/programs/sites that claim to do something like this but most of them look scammy or expensive. Is there something that's legit and free, or a least cheap?
To be specific, I'd want something that can remove say the right half of a video, or the upper two thirds, or whatever is needed. Ideally without needing to reprocess the entire file.
I'm competent with doing very basic image editing, things like cropping, resizing, cloning etc. But I have much less experience with video editing and am not sure where to begin with cropping a video (if that's even the right term). Searching around there's many apps/programs/sites that claim to do something like this but most of them look scammy or expensive. Is there something that's legit and free, or a least cheap?
To be specific, I'd want something that can remove say the right half of a video, or the upper two thirds, or whatever is needed. Ideally without needing to reprocess the entire file.
Best answer: Do you have Photoshop? It will crop videos, and let you control brightness/contrast/color/etc. If you don't have Photoshop, it's $10/month.
Handbrake is free and will crop videos and I find the interface to be easier than VirtualDub.
To crop a video you have to reprocess the whole video; there's no way around it.
posted by gregr at 5:50 AM on October 2, 2017 [3 favorites]
Handbrake is free and will crop videos and I find the interface to be easier than VirtualDub.
To crop a video you have to reprocess the whole video; there's no way around it.
posted by gregr at 5:50 AM on October 2, 2017 [3 favorites]
A number of professional level video editors have slightly older versions free. They are big complex programs but there are tutorials available generally. Sometimes these are a better option to the free/open source programs, but they will use a lot of system resources, and midshare. The idiosyncratic 3D program Blender also has good video functionality.
posted by sammyo at 7:41 AM on October 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sammyo at 7:41 AM on October 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
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