<p>Yes of course - use a <a href="https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/effects_and_compositions/video_effects/transform_distort_perspective.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Transform Effect</a>. If your recorded area was actually 800x500, then the aspect ratio will not match 1920x1080. You could resize the 1920x1080 frame by 1920/800 width and 1080/500 height to get the small video zoomed in, or use 2.4x size if you're fine with top and part being cropped out.</p>

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<p>OBS screen recording filled non-selected area black (that is, the video resolution was 1080p like the monitor, even though I had selected only part of the monitor). I wanted to &quot;crop&quot; it to the actual video area using Kdenlive. A.I. told me to use Edge Crop, but I could not get what I want. In the end, I just used <code>ffmpeg -i proj1.mp4 -filter:v &quot;crop=800:500:0:0&quot; output.mp4</code> command-line.</p>
<p>Can I get the same result with Kdenlive? Note that the video had two segments (I added a cut in the middle so that I could apply &quot;blur&quot; to only a part of timeline.</p>

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Can KDEnlive actually crop a video area, like we crop an image?
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# Can KDEnlive actually crop a video area, like we crop an image?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-05-12)

OBS screen recording filled non-selected area black (that is, the video resolution was 1080p like the monitor, even though I had selected only part of the monitor). I wanted to "crop" it to the actual video area using Kdenlive. A.I. told me to use Edge Crop, but I could not get what I want. In the end, I just used `ffmpeg -i proj1.mp4 -filter:v "crop=800:500:0:0" output.mp4` command-line.

Can I get the same result with Kdenlive? Note that the video had two segments (I added a cut in the middle so that I could apply "blur" to only a part of timeline.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-06-08. Score: 0

Yes of course - use a [Transform Effect](https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/effects_and_compositions/video_effects/transform_distort_perspective.html). If your recorded area was actually 800x500, then the aspect ratio will not match 1920x1080. You could resize the 1920x1080 frame by 1920/800 width and 1080/500 height to get the small video zoomed in, or use 2.4x size if you're fine with top and part being cropped out.


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