How to paste images from another scene proportionally?

[Soom]

I am trying to copy-paste images from one scene to another. The other scene has different proportions than the first one. When I select the images on a layer, copy them and paste to the other file, the images get stretched and distorted as to fit the new proportions. How can I paste them proportionally?

EDIT: I have found out that pasting the whole layer keeps proportions, but it means I need to delete all the drawings I don't need...

[ryberg]

I, as well, often wondered why this is.

[D.T. Nethery]

You can also use the KeyFramer Tool .


1.) Original images on layer in a 4:3 aspect ratio project sized 1280 x 960

2.) New project in 16:9 aspect ratio 1280 x 720 . Problem is if you simply copy and paste a frame from the original 4:3 project into the 16:9 project the image appears stretched .

3.) So , now you have two projects open , the original Project #1 in 4:3 aspect , the new Project #2 in 16:9 aspect ratio. Instead of copy & paste from the original project to the new project , go to the second project and open FX Stack -- KeyFramer -- go to the Render Tab and for the Source choose Project #1 as source. This will bring the images from Project 1 into Project 2 at the original size and proportion . Use Keyframer coordinates to position the images wherever you want within the frame.

A couple of extra steps , but it works. It's nice if you need to reposition the images in the frame because you can do all that in the Keyframer before applying FX stack.



However, I think Select Layer , Copy Layer (Ctrl C) , Paste to new Project, and delete any unwanted images (Ctrl X) is faster .


I agree with you it would definitely be a good feature to be able to just copy a single FRAME or as selection of FRAMES (not the whole layer) and be able to paste those to a new project that has different aspect ratio , and keep the pasted images in proportion .


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[slowtiger]

I found several quirks in the process.

1. Different project dimensions - this causes, as reported, distorted images in simple copy&paste.
2. Different frame rates - this causes omission of frames, both in copy&paste and in using the keyframer.
3. Keyframer imports into only 1 layer, thus merging whatever is visible in the source project.

I'm working in 25fps. But whenever I open a PSD file into TVP it opens as 30fps - why? This is not even the frame rate I specified when starting TVP.

So #2 is a big issue for me, especially since I only noticed after I merged several large projects into one.

I suggest that "keep pixel dimensions and aspect ratio 1:1" and "keep all frames" should be default behaviour.

[Elodie]

I'm working in 25fps. But whenever I open a PSD file into TVP it opens as 30fps - why? This is not even the frame rate I specified when starting TVP.

Thank you for putting the light on that. You're right, it's not a normal behaviour !

[Soom]

Sorry, this is an old issue, but I have stumbled at the same problem again in TVP 11 - did this get solved somehow?
Problem: I need to paste a whole layer from one project to another with smaller dimensions to fit the drawings proportionally.
So far it seems impossible...

[Elodie]

Indeed, there is no "quick" way to do so. You'll have anyway to use either the keyframer, or custom brushes or export / import.

[Soom]

Indeed, there is no "quick" way to do so. You'll have anyway to use either the keyframer, or custom brushes or export / import.

thanks for the reply
It would be nice to be solved in the future - can I put it in Feature Requests?
For now I am using a simple workaround - I modify the bigger project to fit the smaller dimensions, and then copy/paste the whole layer, then get rid of the modified project. It's not that long, but would be nice to avoid that stage.