I'm using AME to export stills from the first frame of a large library of videos. I've got a preset setup to export a thumbnail image so I can import the footage, apply the preset, and press render. Since the thumbnail image is 80x80 pixels, AME is scaling the video down to fit the image horizontally and creating letter boxing on the top and bottom. I've found that I can apply the preset, and then click the preset name in the queue to access additional options. Within these options is "Scaling Options" and if I change the setting from "Scale to Fit" to "Scale to Fill" I end up with my desired results.
I realize that by doing this, the video fills the full 80x80 image, and some portions are cropped off on the left and right side. But I'm okay with the cropping, I really just need the video to fill the full 80x80 image. Here's an animated GIF demonstrating the process (sorry if it takes a bit to load, it's 2.5MB).
What I'm looking for is a way to integrate the "Scale to Fill" option directly into the preset. So that I can create a watch folder using the preset and anytime I drop a video file into the watch folder, AME will automatically generate an 80x80px thumbnail that has the video fill the full image frame. Having to manually adjust this setting each and every time is still faster than manually creating the preview image, but prevents me from having it be automated. Anyone have any ideas?