Is this editing if so How do I do this?

[RBCC]

HOw do I cut the inner picture from the outer picture without distortion and make it fit a full TV Scree 1386X768 resolution? John

[Cornucopia]

Crop, then resize to fill yet maintaining AR, then pad to fit display.

Example: 1920x1080 main image with 640x480 PIP. Crop to 640x480. Resize to 1440x1080 (as full as poss while maintaining ar), pad to 1920x1080.

Scott

[jagabo]

Crop the height to just the portion of the picture you want to keep -- say 272 pixels. Crop the width to 272 * 1386 / 768 pixels -- about 490. Encode. The player can enlarge to full screen.

By the way, the sample image you posted is 1366 pixels wide, not 1386. Are you sure your screen isn't 1366x768? That's a much more common resolution. If that's the case change the 1386 to a 1366 in the above equation.

[RBCC]

It is 1366x768 . is the equation pixels*width/height? John
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[jagabo]

Yes. Note that most codecs don't allow odd frame sizes (as in even/odd numbers). And many codecs and players require integer multiples of 4. So try to stick with multiples of 4.

[RBCC]

Do I do the same thing if I want to leave the smaller window? John

[jagabo]

I'm not sure what you're asking. Basically, always stick with mod 4 frame sizes. The equation given earlier is appropriate when cropping by height and you want to fill your TV screen:

new_width = new_height * tv_width / tv_height

If cropping by width then:

new_height = new_width * tv_height / tv_width

Personally, I don't care if the picture doesn't fill the screen. Generally, I would rather keep all of the desired picture and its aspect ratio. In your sample image that would be about 732x272.

[RBCC]

is the meASUREMENT IN INCHES, CM OR PIXELS

[RBCC]

Can you recommend a program that lets me do this? Preferably free John

[jagabo]

is the meASUREMENT IN INCHES, CM OR PIXELS

Pixels.

Can you recommend a program that lets me do this? Preferably free John

Almost every editor will let you crop and reencode. Handbrake, VidCoder, XMediaRecode, VirtualDub, AviDemux... And all the commercial editors.

[RBCC]

@jagabo:
what I am trying to do is crop the background out and leave the small window and fit it to my screen? Would I have to trim the background first and then resize the small image. Then reencode the small image ? Would software would I need for this???

[jagabo]

All you need to do is crop the background leaving a 16:9 frame. You don't need to upscale the small frame to your screen's dimensions -- any player will do that when playing the small video full screen.