Cropping rectangular video to a square one, cropped square changes during the clip

[Duginov]

I have an original vertical rectangular video from the phone that I want to turn into square one. Main object is not in the center, so I applied crop with 1:1 ratio: in the beginning of the clip top part of the frame is selected, at the end - the bottom one. Exported video is not square but has 9:16 original ratio and my cropped square is just moving from top to bottom, surrounded by thinner/thicker black bars. How do I make a video that's really square and always has whatever I applied in crop and no black bars?

[borate]

Apply the Pan & Zoom (or Ken Burns) effect.

Select aspect ratio 4x3.

Define the Start and End positions.

Export at 640x480 resolution.

[Dangerfreak]

If you want a square video, try this:

https://imgbox.com/5FRMkQgr

First image: Change preview to 1:1, so that you can see what you will get

Second image: Set resolution to any 1:1 format, when exporting video

[Duginov]

Thanks, everyone. Turns out I just needed "Zoom" effect with fixed ratio, set some keyframes for moving the main subject. I was misled by "Zoom"/"Crop" names because technically I was not zooming. Everything works perfectly now.

[AlRider]

I have a problem closely related to the problem that "Duginov" described below, but not quite the same.  I am working with NCH VideoPad trying to learn how to use either the “Video Crop,” or “Zoom,” or “Pan&Zoom/ KenBurns Effect,” or whatever combination of effects will give me the result that I want.  Which is...

I’m editing video interviews in *.mp4 format which have a single subject talking on the screen.  I’d like to be able to crop the interviewee down from full-screen to a 1:1 aspect-ratio box (…full height of the screen, squared-off width…), and scoot that box over to the right edge of the screen.  Then in the remaining blank space on the left, I’d like to post a partial-screen slide containing helpful text…   

I saw that exact move yesterday in a nice video that I watched: The speaker there was cropped and panned to the right side of the screen for about 45 seconds while bullet points from her presentation were shown in a partial-screen text slide that appeared on the left.  Then the slide went away and she was panned back up to full screen again.  That’s what I’d like to be able to do in VideoPad.

I’ve been referred to you in the VideoPad User's Community by the folks at NCH’s “BriskSupport” department.  They are at a loss to solve this unique problem, but they tell me that one of you knows how to do this and can perhaps help me out.  I would much appreciate it.

I have already noted that NCH’s VideoPad Tutorial for the KenBurns Effect is out of date.  The current interactive panel for the Pan&Zoom/ KenBurns Effect has both a “Select Preset” dropdown menu and an “Aspect Ratio” dropdown on the interactive control panel.  However, NCH’s online Tutorial video makes no mention of either of the dropdowns.  It shows an old interactive panel which does not include these two dropdowns.  Clearly the Tutorial video is out of date.  NCH has obviously enhanced the feature; but the Tutorial hasn’t caught up with the enhancement yet.  (I understand, things can take time…)

I’ve also tried NCH’s Video Crop and Zoom features, and I can successfully use them to square off the speaker with a 1:1 aspect ratio; but then I can’t seem to move that cropped video box from the center to the right once I’ve reduced the active screen area.  And the Tutorial Videos don’t explain it, either…

The help I need is simply how to frame my active speaker and then pan that cropped box to the right side of the screen, and back.  (I already understand how to superimpose the text slide on the empty remaining are on the left, using a different video track.)  For any such coaching, many thanx…

[borate]

With a 16x9 aspect ratio, perhaps something like this video.  Background on track 1, text on 2, insert video on 3.

Animate the MOTION effect for scaling and position.

See http://help.nchsoftware.com/help/en/videopad/win64bitpaid/effects_animating.html

If you post a link to the "nice video" someone here will attempt to duplicate it more closely.