Add transparent room with MCast Padding

Make room around source content without adding a shadow, stroke or glow.

Before you start

Open the intended collection and rehearse before changing a live production. Controls depend on your installed version and selection.

Where to find it

Source Filters > Add Filter > MCast Padding.

Use it

1. Add MCast Padding to the intended source or Solo placement chain.
2. Set Padding Amount for room around the image.
3. Use Additional Left, Right, Top and Bottom when one side needs more room.
4. Leave Maintain resolution off to expand the result while preserving content pixel size.
5. Enable Maintain resolution to keep the output dimensions and fit content uniformly inside.
6. Check filter order, crop and the final scene.

Helpful information

Padding Amount ranges from 0 to 4000; each Additional side ranges from 0 to 9999, in steps of 1. Maintain resolution starts off. Padding preserves proportions rather than stretching content. The main layout canvas does not grow.

Filter order matters: place padding before an effect that needs transparent room, then compare the result. This is different from adding transparent room inside an Advanced Shadow/Glow/Stroke effect. Review Current/Original Edges and any placement crop when a later effect is clipped.

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