[Pilotwings_64]

Basically what I want to do is compare the results I'm getting with 4 different codecs. I have a single avi file I'm starting with. I want to divide the screen into four parts and simultaneously display a small, magnified portion of the video as produced by each of the 4 codecs.

I know how to crop the video with Vegas, but I don't know how to move the cropped image to the corner of my choice. It just stays where it originally was on the screen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even key words or phrases I could lookup. Since I don't know what to call what I'm trying to do, finding results has been difficult.

Thanks

[redsox_mark]

There are 2 methods:

- Event Pan/Crop
- Track Motion

The first works on a specifc event, the second on the entire track. If you only have one clip on each track it doesn't matter which you use, Track Motion is probably easier. I assume you used one of these methods already to crop. In the same window you can move the cropped image (just click on it and drag it).

[Pilotwings_64]

I used the crop method. Other people have told me that I can move the cropped image in the same screen, but all I seem to be able to do is move the shape of the crop around, like moving a window around in front of the fixed movie.

[Pilotwings_64]

In another forum I was given the answer.

"Pan/Crop will let you select a small portion of each video, as you've already discovered. Track Motion will let you position those portions where you want them in the frame."

Thanks for your suggestions. I hope this solution helps anyone else having the same difficulty.