How to edit the frame of a movie ("crop") in QuickTime Pro

 

1. Open the movie in QT Pro.
Movie -> Get Movie Properties
select video track from left pop-up menu
choose Mask from right pop-up menu

2. Open a new file in a graphics program, like GraphicConverter or Photoshop
Create a black rectangle with the same pixel dimensions as the movie
Make a white border on the edges where you want the video cropped (the white areas will be eliminated)
[OR, to line things up better, click the video image in QT Pro, copy, then paste it into the graphics program. Create a new layer to make the mask.]

3. Save the graphics file as GIF.

4. In QT Pro, click Set button and select the GIF file. It should now be cropped.