colinp

What is the correct procedure to upgrade from 8.35 to 8.45?

I've been exporting my project into MP4 videos and experimenting with different export options. Most of these MP4 files are around 15-20 MB in size. I've noticed one is much smaller, at around 4 MB. It plays back with acceptable quality for my purposes. But now I cannot seem to reproduce a second file anywhere near this smaller size. Windows tells me the first file's properties, it says the video has a data rate of 62 kbps and a total bitrate of 63 kbps. I think I exported it with a frame size of 854 x 480, and with a variable frame rate and a maximum of 15 fps. When I try exporting with these options and "Very Low Quality / Smallest Filesize" the resulting file is still around 13 MB and it has a total bitrate of 212 kbps. Where can I make the adjustments that reproduce the much smaller file size, especially the 63 kbps?

I adjusted the crop effect to make the rectangle cover exactly the area I want to hide. In preview it looked OK, except that the rectangle had a thin but visible darker border around it. I didn't try to hide the border, instead I exported the video. But then I found that in the exported video the rectangle (with border) had expanded well outside the mobile screen area (like in my original Pictures). In other words, for whatever reason, in this project it appears that the sequence preview is not WYSIWYG with respect to the exported video. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Borate's solution does work, I wanted to figure out the crop method as well.

Thanks Nat. Originally I tried to find a way to do this, and struggled. I'll take another look at this at some point. Do I have to switch "with no AR restraint" on, or is it that way by default, before borate's steps?

Brilliant! Thank you so much 🙂 I am a beginner with VideoPad and I have a lot to learn.

I made the png file blank white intentionally, I am using it with a mask to hide some unnecessary details that are on white backgrounds in two parts of the project. The two files you are missing on your PC are in the shared cloud folder. I can load the portable project without error. When I export a video from the portable project it has the same problem as reported originally. In the exported video the problem is visible at 6:45 and 7:05. Are you able to obtain the missing files from the cloud folder?

Permissions altered to public on original Pictures link Here is a public link to a backup of my project folder: Mobile App Demo ...does the link not work? I don't seem to be very good at getting these links right! Thank you very much for helping me out... I hope I've got this link right this time.

I have made a short training video using a smartphone screen recorder which I have then edited in VideoPad. A section of frames with a mask appears differently in my exported video compared to my project sequence preview. What am I doing wrong? I am using VideoPad Professional 8.35. What more information should I provide here? Shared link: Pictures