How do i crop a video and maintain quality?

[orjay]

[I'm using Adobe Premiere 6.5]

I have edited a video, and by editing i mean cutting and pasting different parts of the original video into a new video.

I also cropped the video frame size, [project -> settings viewer -> export settings -> special processing -> modify]

I then attempt to export my video through [file -> export timeline -> movie]

When it is done and when i watch the video, the video is cropped, but the quality is really REALLY bad.

However, when i go to [file -> export timeline -> adobe mpg convertor] and export as a VCD. the quality is exactly the same as the original matieral i worked with, but the video is not cropped.

Could someone please tell me how to export my video CROPPED, but maintain the quality?

[guns1inger]

What settings do you use when you export the cropped version ?

What were the specs of the original source materials ?

What do you want to get out of this - DVD, VCD ?

[lordsmurf]

Why are you cropping?

And when you enlarge video material, you often cannot maintain quality. That's why you should not crop.

As above, what is the source material?

[aanaravs]

Depending on your source footage, simply add a tad bit of gaussian blur (.5 - .7) and you will be able to eliminate the grains.

[dvd3500]

Depending on your source footage, simply add a tad bit of gaussian blur (.5 - .7) and you will be able to eliminate the grains

My experience exactly!

[guns1inger]

Who cares about detail ? right ?

[orjay]

I care about the quality.
It is not a dvd/vcd, i just merely tested to export it as a vcd.
I just want it as a normal file (avi or mpg) and just run it on my pc.
I have no intention of putting it onto a dvd/vcd disc.

The settings are here.

Sorry about the quality, i wanted to be in mind of people on a slower connection.


I am cropping the original video frame size to a smaller size because there is a logo at the top.
So i am NOT increasing the original frame size, im decreasing it.