addressed Clip Dimensions Inconsistent :: (Warning, Image of Man Expressing Traumatized Pain)

[Silv3RC3ll]

Hello everyone,

Thank you for allowing me to ask my question; some other topics brushed the context of my issue here but could not quite answer it, so please allow me to devote a uniqure topic to my problem. I'm using VideoPad Professional 10.60 on Windows 10 32-Bits. I'm still somewhat of a beginner, though no-longer an absolute neophyte. A bit of a trigger warning, I have used a video clip from Pexels.com that shows a man expressing emotional trauma. There is no display of physical violence, however.

I use a static background image and sometimes allow certain clips and images to fade over it (with transparency) in support of my narrative. The problem at hand is that, on exporting the video, even though their width should be less, some clips have a greater width than my main background, misaligning my intended appearance, creating a visually unpleasant effect. This is strange, as the background image actually has a greater width than all the video clips I use.
This here is the background image: link.
Its width is 2508 px, its height is 1672 px. If it matters, the horizontal resolution: 96 DPI; vertical resolution 96 DPI.
The video clip that is playing on top of the background image is 1920 x 1080 in pixels. The aspect ratio is 16:9.

Here you can see what I see in VideoPad, and is how I intend the video to look.
This is what it looks like in Windows Media Player; at the top left an right you see two red bars to indicate where the clip exceeds the width of the background image.
This it what it looks like on YouTube (same).

My export settings you can see in full here. It is set on YouTube 1080p HD; 1920 x 1080 px.

I very much suspect that this has to do with aspect ratio; a concept I don't understand nor know how to work with. I've tried looking up some tutorials, but could only find things for photography. As I'm using a clip from Pexels, I do not actually record anything myself. I have tried playing around a bit in VideoPad's effects > aspect ratio transforms. I was looking with hope at liquid resize, stretch to aspect ratio, or last: crop to aspect ratio. I really desired a Gimp/Photoshop-like editing environment, in which you simply set the canvas size, and are able to use the free transform tool to freely resize images/clips. It looks like things are going to be a bit more difficult than that, so I would greatly appreciate any help you may provide.

Thank you and sincerely yours,

Silv3RC3ll

P.S.  We will also have to address the issue as why Videopad is displaying the video differently than the actual output when exported, because it will make it difficult to nearly impossible for me to edit the video with the needed precision otherwise.

[borate]

The two different aspect ratios are causing the problem.  If your overlay is 1.777 (16:9), it will be wider than the 1:5 background image unless scaled down.

If you want the width of the overlay to be the same as the background, do a simple left/right crop of the overlay and export at default letterbox settings...

  

If you prefer a full frame, don't crop but instead export with the CROP & ZOOM setting...  

 

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

Your background image has an AR of 1.5 it needs to be 1.77 As such it will not cover the clip. If you don't mind losing a little of the image use a Zoom effect with an AR set to 16:9 and adjust the rectangle to show the best area of the image. This will make it the same AR as your video clip. It will then cover the clip correctly. The other way might be to use Scale effect to widen the horizontal aspect relative to the height of the image. This will, in effect distort it however. Try Zoom first.

As you can see above the image in the bin image has transparent areas on each side. When used,  Zoom will effectively remove these at the expense of some height.

Nat

[Silv3RC3ll]

Dear Borate and Nationalsolo,

Thank you for your proposed solutions. I want to go ahead and try Borate's solution first, but the suggested aspect ratio of 1:5 is far too small for the background image (the image thus seems to have a much bigger aspect ratio, see screenshot); it turns the overlay clip into a long, thin rectangle. How can I determine the aspect ratio for the background image, so that I can adjust my other clips to this ratio?

Thank you and all the best to you,

Silv3rC3ll

[borate]

Your file is 1:5, despite the fact that VP reports it as 3:2.

If you want it to fill the 16:9 screen while editing use the Crop to Aspect Ratio A/R transform effect... 

You may lose a bit of the BG but it will be the same size as the 16:9 overlay.  Export can be done at default Letterbox settings.

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

"....but the suggested aspect ratio of 1:5 is far too small for the background image..."

You state the background image is 2508 x 1672 pixels..  This is an AR of  2508/1672 = 1.5

As mentioned above you need to Crop to 16:9  or use Crop to Aspect ratio (set at 16:9) as Borate suggests or Zoom to 16:9 and adjust the rectangle. This will make the background image match the 1920 x 1080 (16:9) clip.

Nat