How to Crop In Premiere Pro (And Add Borders)

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Learn how to crop, frame, and add borders to your video footage in this Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorial. I show you how to make a rectangle crop, circle crop, and rectangle with rounded corners crop. Great for picture in picture effect on screen recordings.
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00:00 Basic Crop Effect
01:23 Circle Crop Effect
02:49 Rectangle with rounded corners
04:00 Adding a Stroke
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[@JavierMercedes]

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[@MIGolfLive]

How on earth has adobe not simply created the ability to crop with shapes and add borders in two clicks instead of a nine minute video tutorial? It’s absolutely maddening that they haven’t done something so useful and simple.

[@JavierMercedes]

You are not wrong.

[@rutkowski1490]

Straight to the point, no waste of time or stretching the video length out, couldn't ask for a better tutorial. Big compliment!

[@AdilsonAndrade]

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[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you so much for the kind words Adilson! hope your editing journey continues to flourish.

[@schultzeworks]

@adisonandrade Before Premiere Pro, I also have used Camtasia (and BandiCam.) Both were very limited and very ‘amateur hour’ in their UI, polish, and feature set. You made the right choice switching to a professional-quality tool. Plus, Premiere works GREAT with native Photoshop, Illustrator and AfterEffects files.

[@AdilsonAndrade]

@@schultzeworks Still struggling, Schultz. Thanks. 😀

[@amandatruong8875]

Lifesaver with the offset effect; I used to spend so much time adjusting and playing with the positioning of the crop! thank you soooo much! T_T

[@Oakette]

On my current project, there's a somewhat complicated cropping effect I am going for which I've been dreading having to deal with, but I just reached the point where I HAVE to figure it out today in order to proceed. This video popped up just I was sitting down at my workstation. Absolutely uncanny timing! You've really saved me a lot of trouble with the offset and mask tips. Thank you Javier!

[@ibrahimayad6732]

You are a life saver, man. I have many projects in which I will need this effect a lot. I did my first in after effects. I had to create a shape layer then mask the footage as an inverted alpha matte then precompose all of them and add a drop shadow. After watching your video now I can do it all in a few minutes. Thanks a lot.

[@KarthikRaghavarapu]

Good day, @JavierMercedes You taught me the Circle Crop Video trick last year. Since then, I've used the identical masking techniques you demonstrated in this video, but now I came across another method for making rounded corners that is incredibly simple compared to what I'm currently doing. , many thanks for your content

[@AlyenasKitchen]

Thank you for this very helpful video! I’ve watched so many of your videos as I try to learn Premier better!! Very much appreciate what you do and how you demonstrate everything!😊🌺🌷

[@shermangomez1154]

I love the informative and quick tutorials. Great job with this one

[@bluezstaar]

Just what needed today! As always you came to help! Thanks Javier!

[@temmyturnerphoto]

The amount of thing I just learned from this video is insane. Awesome job!!!

[@designdeity4425]

I absolutely love your tutorials. This one is another "damn that was easy" tutorial. You're helping make my meh videos just a tiny bit better. Thank you!

[@paulallenpatriarca]

Thank you for this simple and straightforward video! You deserve a million subs

[@KahliPlaysGames]

this video has been a lifesaver! Thank you so much!!

[@DavidHernandezLovesYou]

Exactly the tut I was looking for! THANK YOU,

[@riel777]

I love your tutorials!

[@ahmedsuleiman1130]

Thanks greatly, boss. This is timely and it is timeless.

[@txema_alonso]

Exactly what I was looking for... liked and suscribed! Thnx

[@henrysoundshaw]

This is a marvellous video. Eliquente and straight to the point. Keep doing your thing 👍🏻

[@SaitoGaming]

So concise, yet so precise. 👍🏼10/10

[@Sukaichae]

Really. I could easily see other people making a 17 minutes video explaining the exact same things!

[@StephaneGallay]

Very cool trick, thanks Javier.

[@VGASM]

Awesome tips Javier, thank you

[@luigiciriolo1179]

The best tutorial i have seen on this topic! tks!! Bravo!

[@MainManRobPlays]

I needed something as a quick reference that was addressed in literally the first 30 sec of this video AND it contained the other thing I was going to search afterward! Thank you!

[@ArielForum]

So helpful thank you

[@SBH918]

Thanks Mate I have been thinking about this crop effect since last week and today this video popped up on my feed 😮

[@bmizzle010]

That offset above the crop is 🔥 Thanks Professor Javier

[@PituProd]

Thanks so much for this tuto I've been looking for for a while 🤩

[@KarakuriVideo]

The first 10 seconds of the video solved my problem, thank you so much for the help! Effective work

[@benstriz9982]

Excellent info and good explanation.

[@May1rain]

Great vid as always, thank you!

[@upsite7078]

Awesome video, very helpful, thank you!

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Cannot thank you enough for your content (and templates for sale.) The most used tools in my Premiere arsenal. Cheers.

[@MindOverMatterLab]

Thank you, great video.....very clear and concise

[@EscafandraVision]

I usually do this in my channel with expansion mask's but in this video I've learn an alternative way. Thanks!

[@AudianPaxson]

This was really helpful, thank you!

[@marcgothic]

This is great. Thanks so much!

[@MohammadShuvo]

Thank you so much ❤️ I learn many think from your video.

[@davidtakahashi7942]

Thank you!

[@filmNJones]

Wow...gonna save me so much time! Thank you!

[@SpringTalks]

Thanks for your efforts - God Bless you Bro

[@christianisagamer]

Thanks alot. Just what I needed.

[@thedylanrogers]

Thanks! I knew there must be a way to donthis in Premiere without having to use a cut-out frame from Photoshop.

[@DansMesCordes]

Thanks for that. I'd love to see a video on sound FX -which ones are the most popular, where to find them, how to automatize them depending on which transition you use, etc.

[@brittanywithlove]

Omg I’ve been wondering for the longest how people did this! Definitely using this in the future, thank you!

[@mhrakib3171]

tnq brother

[@alexcarijaperkins8140]

Great & thanks

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[@pogiman]

Thank Youuuu!!!

[@the_seasons_of_summer]

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[@SageManOfficial]

0:14 been looking for something like this. Thanks so much for the video.

[@zlatkio]

Thank you A lot

[@tOxicPete]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much! Loving the step by step process. Strange how it takes so mange steps just to get stroke going in premiere vs PS. Anyways: Loved it and subscribed :)

[@LilGasmask666]

This came in at the perfect time

[@robbeaton2178]

Holy cow. Where was this yesterday when I was dealing with opacity and masks - great tips

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keep them comming 😜❤

[@neilaconfuser]

Wachted a lot of videos... this is when I decided to subscribe. Thanks.

[@itsORcinneo]

That offset over crop is an effing game changer!!!

[@luiguicarrillo]

¡Gracias bro!

[@prakashhirave9193]

nice video sir, thanks....

[@manmohansingh4096]

you are a life saver

[@zannnty]

Thank you

[@Niteshcool77]

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[@matinmate6552]

nice bro

[@lillienapoli6413]

Does anyone have any advice if when you apply the track matte, it automatically shrinks everything and you cannot scale it up properly? I think its a pixel size issue but I do not know how to fix

[@EricMueller-wt8vx]

Same! I can see the original border of the matte when I highlight that shape layer in the EG panel, but it's only revealing a fraction of the image with the track matte enabled on the fill layer. I can scale the shape layer to where it should be, but then the stroke layer doesn't work. Premiere v 23.2

[@ryancollinsvideo]

Straight in - no bullshit. Love it

[@PlanetImo]

Cheers. x

[@timetravelvictim]

Can we save the end result, the rounded rectangle, to use in other projects or do we have to create this every time? Thank for the helpful content.

[@ErikFaneker]

You saved me like a gazillion hours if I would go and figure this out on my own, thanks a lot!

[@JavierMercedes]

Glad I could help Erik!

[@danilo352]

I didn’t know about the offset. I’ve done the mask, the key, and the crop. All of them super frustrating at times. This Offset effect: 👌

[@RanivusCh]

I was hoping you'd mention the 'Snap in Program Monitor' button for putting videos on the edges (it helps ALOT) But thanks for explaining that. I was just using Crop + Alpha Glow for a quick fix or creating my own PNG borders and slapping it over the PiP. 300+ Video's later, i can do it the correct way LOL thanks!

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That thing what i looking for

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[@Jurassicparkatmospheres]

Do you teach or know of any thorough courses in premier pro?

[@dim_mek]

you are primer pro saver

[@dfxasv7675]

Thanks for sharing your techniques. Please I have a question and I didn't find the answer on YT : How do you animate all this in order to start from full screen to your pip... Crop and resize should be sync... I tried but it's not perfect... Any idea? pliiiiz Javier, answer meeee😊

[@NoLifeJoseph]

For the stroke you could just add it from the Essential Graphics - Appearance. Without duplicating and headaches

[@computercomputer5932]

YO BRO WHICH VERSION OF PREMIRER YOU ARE USING IN TJIS VIDEO ?

[@kingclawe]

Is there a way to zoom in and out once I have my footage framed with the offset tool rather than just left and right?

[@user-to5pc2ly9r]

Hey thanks, one issue, im trying to scale the video I am overlaying and cannot do so without messing up the stroke.. ayway to scale up the video and overlay it using the track matte key and then copy and paste it to make the stroke? the scaling of the original footage makes it impossible to copy and paste the graphic

[@prabhasisaphilosopher3123]

First viewer first commenter first liked person 😌 Thank to u sir,am obsessed with premiere pro

[@RafaelShikamaru_]

I use the Routgh Edge effect to create the rounded corners, keeps the timeline more organized. But do you think what you showed in the video is better? Does it perform better?

[@JavierMercedes]

I will say the computer processing power with the method I showed in this video was very minimal compared to other methods even though it does create more on the timeline. I do agree though that it does add to the tracks, hopefully they add a stroke effect in the effects panel so you don’t have to do this in the future.

[@terrazaspost]

I don't have that rectangle tool in my tools panel. Do you know how to enable it?

[@kaydawgy1999]

Gawdayuhmn Saint!!!!!

[@natureismyjam]

I wish I could give you 1000 likes! THANK YOU!

[@HANGINWITHTHEDREAMER]

Hi Javier I have a question please, I added a crop effect to my unedited clip and the crop effect does not crop the original video file. How do I fix this please thank you

[@xTriplexS]

Can I turn this into a preset?

[@LeyzarGamingViews]

Wish I could give you two thumbs up

[@JUICE-wk2tz]

2:50 I tried this method but it placed the matte in the bottom right corner for some reason. I am making a square video does that mess this up some how?

[@mikeburke1993]

kick butt teacher

[@FinotheGeek]

If need to add the same crop on same clip on another time , we have to do the same thing again? can we save this use it for the same clip? like when you making a reaction video, sometimes we need to show our self in full clip and cropped clip , if we can save this for later use on the same clip, will be easy to edit and will be faster

[@JavierMercedes]

I would implement the multi-cam trick I use at 4 : 42 in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnfUiIRolLyFga8

[@toladavidsmedia]

Awesome.. I don't have that stroke tool in my essential graphics. What can I do?

[@JavierMercedes]

Create the shape and make sure the shape clip is highlighted in the timeline and then that stroke should come up.

[@kroitzer]

Hey man! There's a new tendency for clients looking to pay video editors based on KZbin monetization results instead of a per video o per hour rate. I've never worked on these yet, but it has caught my attention because if you are given a subject, it doesn't matter how well you've edited a video, it goes down to the tagging and the subject, as well. Thanks!

[@persainvests]

As an add-on to this video, I'd love to know how to transition between clips when I want the talking head footage to go back to full screen to make a point, then go back to the screen share underneath.

[@yuvrajwadhwani]

Excellent tutorial. By why not enable the stroke on the original clip instead of duplicating it? That would work too, right?

[@JavierMercedes]

Original shape is being used as a matte so it would just add to the transparency instead of creating a stroke. I wish there was a stroke effect you could just drop on footage in Premiere

[@yuvrajwadhwani]

@@JavierMercedes ah yes.. makes sense

[@relaxation-connection]

A lot of steps for something that should be a built in effect. I could add a border in Media 100 25 years ago

[@JusticeLeader]

I follow the tutorial but when I select Matte : Video 4. Both the shame I made and the footage I try to crop disappear. Please help me

[@mikuronightray5902]

the video behind is shrinking when i use the track matte with a rectangle shape. any solution?

[@JavierMercedes]

Nest the track matte first. It may be because your matte is smaller than the sequence settings

[@mikuronightray5902]

​@@JavierMercedes I see. It worked. But, just wanted to confirm with you if I really did it right. I nested the video, then added track matte key effect to the nested sequence. That's when it worked. Does this mean that in a nested sequence, I'll have another nested sequence inside of it if I decide to nest the matte/shape and the stroke together with it? i.e. inside the nested sequence: matte, stroke, and the nested video sequence.