Hello. I am trying to figure out how to export my GIF with the same resolution as the cropped, source video. I have looked online for answers and tried suggestions, but I have not been able to solve the problem. I feel like this should be a really simple thing to do, but I can’t figure it out.
The issue:
The exported GIF is not perfectly center (I have to eyeball it to the grid)
The exported GIF has black bars (or any colour) on the top, bottom, and sides
What I want to do:
Crop a portion of the source video and also zoom in on it
Center the source video
Export as GIF
What I have tried:
I am using “Size, Position & Rotate”, “Crop: Rectangle”, and “Crop: Source” filters
I have matched the export resolution with that of the “Size, Position & Rotate” filter
I tried only using the first 2 filters and experimenting with different resolutions
I tried adjusting the aspect ratio
I tried adding a transparent background
I have added an attachment to show the issue. I used a blue background to highlight the areas that are being rendered. I do not want these in the GIF. Only the area in the red box.
This is not really a targeted use case as the tool is video-oriented and does not have great quality GIF Animation output (are you sure you cannot use a MP4?), but give this a try:
Use Crop: Rectangle filter to choose the area without going outside the video resulting in any negative Position.
Choose Settings > Video Mode > Custom > Add…
Enter the Size from the previous step as both Resolution and Aspect ratio. Click OK
Remove the Crop: Rectangle filter
Add the Size, Position & Rotate filter
Fiddle with Zoom and Position to make it close to what you want.
I followed your steps but I am still having issues.
The size and aspect ratio look correct in Shotcut, but when exporting as a GIF, the output is stretched, as if it were 16:9, and it still has black bars on the top, bottom, and sides.
If I export it as an .mp4 using the H.264 Main Profile preset, the dimensions are correct, as in not stretched like above, but the black bars remain.
What I then did was take the .mp4 export and create a GIF using ffmpeg, but then the results are even worse than the exported GIF from Shotcut. The ffmpeg GIF is stretched again, blurry, distorted, and has a weird fisheye effect.
Thanks guys. I guess I made a mistake somewhere, though I did do a few exports.
On a related note, how do you deal with the “grab handles” going out of the preview window when you REALLY want to zoom in? I was cropping another video for a GIF and the content I wanted was in the top left of the screen. It was small, so I had to zoom in a lot, but I kept losing the grab handles.
