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The onscreen controls also correspond to the following editable parameters, which are also editable in the Video Inspector and in the Edit Sizing mode of the Sizing palette in the Color page:
— Zoom Width and Height: Allows you to blow the image up or shrink it down. The X and Y parameters can be linked to lock the aspect ratio of the image, or released to stretch or squeeze the image in one direction only.
— Position X and Y: Moves the image within the frame, allowing pan and scan adjustments to be made. X moves the image left or right, and Y moves the image up or down.
— Rotation Angle: Rotates the image around the anchor point.
— Pitch: Rotates the image toward or away from the camera along an axis running through the center of the image, from left to right. Positive values push the top of the image away and bring the bottom of the image forward. Negative values bring the top of the image forward and push the bottom of the image away. Higher values stretch the image more extremely.
— Yaw: Rotates the image toward or away from the camera along an axis running through the center of the image from top to bottom. Positive values bring the left of the image forward and push the right of the image away. Negative values push the left of the image away and bring the right of the image forward. Higher values stretch the image more extremely.
— Flip Image: Two buttons let you flip the image in different dimensions.
— Flip Horizontal control: Reverses the image along the X axis, left to right.
— Flip Vertical control: Reverses the clip along the Y axis, turning it upside down.
Crop
The Cut page has a set of onscreen controls you can use to directly crop the image in the Viewer. Each side of the image has an individual handle for cropping just that side. These parameters are also editable in the Video Inspector and the Color page Sizing palette.
Onscreen Crop controls in the Viewer
The Crop effects also correspond to an additional set of cropping parameters, with an additional control for softness:
— Crop Left, Right, Top, and Bottom: Lets you cut off, in pixels, the four sides of the image. Cropping a clip creates transparency, so whatever is underneath shows through.
— Softness: Lets you blur the edges of a crop. Setting this to a negative value softens the edges inside of the crop box, while setting this to a positive value softens the edges outside of the crop box.