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Transform, Crop & Masking

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Transform, Crop & Masking is an Orbit Pro feature.

Transforming, cropping and masking in Orbit Pro is very simple. Every clip — video, text and graphics — can be transformed, cropped or masked.

Getting started

Select a clip, then choose one of the three tools in the top-left of the video window.

The three tools in the top-left of the video window — Transform, Crop and Mask

From left to right: Transform, Crop and Mask. You can also edit these settings from the inspector sidebar on the right when a clip is selected.

Transform

Move, scale and rotate the clip within the frame.

The Transform inspector — Position X/Y, Scale, Rotation, and Conform (Fit / Fill / None / Reset)
  • Position X / Y
  • Scale (%)
  • Rotation (°)
  • ConformFit, Fill or None, plus Reset

Transform can also be keyframed. We're bringing more items to keyframing over time, so watch this space in future updates.

Crop

Trim in from each edge of the frame.

The Crop inspector — Left, Right, Top and Bottom percentages
  • Left, Right, Top, Bottom (%)

Mask

Mask the clip to a shape.

The Mask inspector — Shape, Width, Height, Center X/Y, Feather and Invert
  • Shape — e.g. Ellipse
  • Width / Height (%)
  • Center X / Y (%)
  • Feather (%) — soften the mask edge
  • Invert — mask the outside instead of the inside

Opacity

Opacity is a separate tool, and can also be keyframed.

The Opacity tool — an opacity percentage with a keyframe control
  • Opacity (%)

INFO

Opacity is separate from the fade tool — see Video Editing.

Example

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