Can I Magnify a Quicktime movie and save it that way?

fetalsono · 12-18-2003, 08:57 AM

Is there a way to magnify a movie clip (either using quicktime or imovie) and save it so that the images (clip) is magnified. My reason for doing this is I ultimately want to show the clip on a device which doesn't allow the image to be magnified (as I know I can do when I am using quicktime player on a Mac).

Thanks

Peter
pwc@itsa.ucsf.edu

cudaboy_71 · 12-18-2003, 10:41 AM

i may be wrong. i'm not in front of a mac at the moment. it may be a bit more of a dance than is necessary. but, i think this would work:

export the movie out to a DV stream

import into imovie

scale as necessary

export back to quicktime

Lankhmart · 12-18-2003, 01:55 PM

If you simply resize the movie window to your desired dimensions in QuickTime Player and save, the new, larger frame size will be retained for future viewings. Alternatively, if you need to match an exact pixel size, you could resize the video track itself through the Movie Properties window (Command-J in QT Player). Set the left pop-up menu to "Video Track" (assuming your movie tracks have not been renamed) and the right menu to "Size," then adjust as desired with the live-updating pixel displays. This will not alter the video itself, only the default presentation size, and I'm not certain that this change would be reflected in another viewer like your "device," but it should work in a standard QuickTime playing application--and won't degrade your image by recompressing. When you go to save, you might want to do a Save As and select "Make Movie Self-Contained." Otherwise your movie will lose the ability to fast-start (which may not matter in your case, but if you play the video over a network, you definitely want this).

These steps require QuickTime Pro. If you don't have it, the following AppleScript should do the job. Just open your movie in QT Player, change the pixel dimensions in the script code (currently {640, 480} -- that is, {width, height}) to whatever you'd like, and run the script.

Code:

set outFile to choose file name with prompt ¬
"Save altered movie here:"
tell application "QuickTime Player"
	activate
	tell movie 1
		set dimensions to {640, 480}
		save as self contained in outFile
		close
	end tell
end tell

cudaboy_71 · 12-21-2003, 05:54 PM

sent you an email, but for the rest of us, this should work:

like i said before, i wasnt in front of my computer at the time. sorry for the confusion...i was thinking of something available in final cut pro--not imovie.

but, i did play with imovie a bit and found it for you.

like i said, you need to export your original content to DV...imovie will only work with DV content.

import the content into imovie.

create a movie by dragging the clips to the timeline. to do separate clips, you will have to make multiple movies, or edit together one long clip and chop it apart in quicktime.

choose export from the file menu and choose 'to quicktime' and 'expert' format settings. click 'export'

in the next window that pops up, choose 'movie to quicktime movie' and click the 'options' button. under the 'use' heading, i just have use last settings..dunno what they were. but, i'd assume something large and uncompressed...like the LAN option.

after you click on 'options' another window will appear. here, you'll want to click the 'size' button under the video heading.

here you can choose a custom size and enter any values you wish. just as a test, i did 1024x320 just to verify it would do ANYTHING. as expected, it rendered a very squished, but wide movie.

i'm guessing this will solve your problem. good luck.

12-18-2003, 08:57 AM	#1
fetalsono Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 398	Can I Magnify a Quicktime movie and save it that way? Is there a way to magnify a movie clip (either using quicktime or imovie) and save it so that the images (clip) is magnified. My reason for doing this is I ultimately want to show the clip on a device which doesn't allow the image to be magnified (as I know I can do when I am using quicktime player on a Mac). Thanks Peter pwc@itsa.ucsf.edu

12-18-2003, 01:55 PM	#3
Lankhmart Triple-A Player Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 150	If you simply resize the movie window to your desired dimensions in QuickTime Player and save, the new, larger frame size will be retained for future viewings. Alternatively, if you need to match an exact pixel size, you could resize the video track itself through the Movie Properties window (Command-J in QT Player). Set the left pop-up menu to "Video Track" (assuming your movie tracks have not been renamed) and the right menu to "Size," then adjust as desired with the live-updating pixel displays. This will not alter the video itself, only the default presentation size, and I'm not certain that this change would be reflected in another viewer like your "device," but it should work in a standard QuickTime playing application--and won't degrade your image by recompressing. When you go to save, you might want to do a Save As and select "Make Movie Self-Contained." Otherwise your movie will lose the ability to fast-start (which may not matter in your case, but if you play the video over a network, you definitely want this). These steps require QuickTime Pro. If you don't have it, the following AppleScript should do the job. Just open your movie in QT Player, change the pixel dimensions in the script code (currently {640, 480} -- that is, {width, height}) to whatever you'd like, and run the script. Code: set outFile to choose file name with prompt ¬ "Save altered movie here:" tell application "QuickTime Player" activate tell movie 1 set dimensions to {640, 480} save as self contained in outFile close end tell end tell

12-18-2003, 10:41 AM	#2
cudaboy_71 All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 874	i may be wrong. i'm not in front of a mac at the moment. it may be a bit more of a dance than is necessary. but, i think this would work: export the movie out to a DV stream import into imovie scale as necessary export back to quicktime

12-21-2003, 05:54 PM	#4
cudaboy_71 All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 874	sent you an email, but for the rest of us, this should work: like i said before, i wasnt in front of my computer at the time. sorry for the confusion...i was thinking of something available in final cut pro--not imovie. but, i did play with imovie a bit and found it for you. like i said, you need to export your original content to DV...imovie will only work with DV content. import the content into imovie. create a movie by dragging the clips to the timeline. to do separate clips, you will have to make multiple movies, or edit together one long clip and chop it apart in quicktime. choose export from the file menu and choose 'to quicktime' and 'expert' format settings. click 'export' in the next window that pops up, choose 'movie to quicktime movie' and click the 'options' button. under the 'use' heading, i just have use last settings..dunno what they were. but, i'd assume something large and uncompressed...like the LAN option. after you click on 'options' another window will appear. here, you'll want to click the 'size' button under the video heading. here you can choose a custom size and enter any values you wish. just as a test, i did 1024x320 just to verify it would do ANYTHING. as expected, it rendered a very squished, but wide movie. i'm guessing this will solve your problem. good luck.