Trimming

[davidpjr]

I know this must be easy and I have read the online manul but I still am struggling with the trim feature.

First of all, I drug my avi to the timeline but it does not show all the frames like the manual

All I want to do is figure out how to cut out bad parts of the avi and then be able to make the dvd with the remaining parts.

Can someone please I can't even figure out how to cut on the multi trim video and I see no undo's on it either which must mean I don't even want to go there.

[sjj1805]

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[Ron P.]

Hi David,

To show just Thumbnails of each frame of your video clips, go to File Menu>Preferances or press F6. Then on the first tab, about midway you should see a drop down menu beside Clip Display Mode. You can change that to Thumbnail Only.

Then to cut your video clips in the Timeline, just advance to the frame where you want to cut, then click on the scissor icon (lower right of preview window). This will cut your clip. Continue to do this, and delete the parts that you don't want.

Now what you are working with is a Virtual Clip. Cutting in this manner does not affect your actual video clip. After making all your cuts, and discarding the unwanted parts, you can render a video file, by going to Share>Create Video File, and selecting "Same as Project Settings". This will create a new video file, absent of the discarded portions. You can then bring that back into VS to continue editing.

[davidpjr]

Thank you both. I have started using the tutorial.

However, there is one thing that is driving me crazy. When on timeline, If I click, I get those little yellow arrows. I can't figure out what do do with them and how to get rid of them.

Also, the scissor thing really has me confused. Am I able to cut 1 frame at a time or do I cut at the begging and end of the multiple frames and do I do it down on the timeline or up in the preview window. I have spent about 2 hours going back and forth on this. I bought this because it was supposed to be easy thus I am assuming I am trying to make it harder than it really is.

[blplhp]

Are you referring to the little yellow triangles on the timeline ruler? If so, those are called cues or chapter markers. Those are placed there by you if you click on that part of the timeline ruler. To get rid of them, just click on one and drag it upward off the timeline ruler, and it will disappear.

In reference to trimming or cutting out sections of a clip, just under the preview window is the Jog slider. Click and drag the Jog Slider to the beginning frame where you want to make the cut. Click the scissor button. Your one clip is now two clips. Drag the Jog Slider down to the end frame where you want to cut, click on the scissor button again, and now you have three clips. In the timeline, right click on the clip you want to discard, then click on the word delete in the dropdown menu and the clip will be gone.

Hope this helps.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi David

Cutting the bad parts is easy when using the scissors.

You select the first clip and cut, this splits the clip into two.
Select the last bad frame and cut, now you have three, delete the bad section.

Now by selecting the clip in the timeline you see a yellow trim bar at either end. These can be dragged to further trim the ends.


The hard part is selecting the frames.
The easiest is to use Timeline View, here you can expand the timeline to view more or less frames using the + and - symbols, this makes your selection accurate.

Drag the project position indicator, the triangle above the top timeline to quickly view the frames. (don’t forget to expand/contract the timeline as required)

From VS press F1 read ----Trimming a clip--To trim a clip directly on the Timeline:


Trevor

[davidpjr]

Thanks to all.
Yes, I was making it way too hard. I was not realizing the part about having 3 pieces and deleting the one I clipped. Now I get it and YES, it all sounds easy now, at least for the trimming.

David