Trimming a video clip
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John Ruscigno
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Trimming a video clip
I'm using VideoStudio 11 Plus and I need some direction with what is probably a simple task but it's not intuitive to me. I have a home movie clip and I want to edit it to remove several parts of it. I add the movie clip to my library and then drag the clip to the timeline. I can then bracket the part of the clip I want to remove. Is there any way I can just delete that section and have the clips on both sides of what I removed simple rejoin themselves into a mpg file that is just like my original except the bad part is removed? I've read the User's Guide and see different ways to trip my clip but none of them seem to do what I've described above. Maybe I just need som simple step-by-step instructions. Thank you in advance for any direction you can offer.
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Ron P.
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Hi John,
No there's no way that VS can delete and then just re-join the clips automatically. Here's why..
What you're working with as a project in VS, are representations of your video clip, or images. You can do anything you want in a project and you're original video remains untouched. A project file (VSP), is basically instructions, like you would type instructions using a word processor or notepad.
So that being said, it's not difficult to re-join your video. Just go to the Share step, and select Create Video File. Then choose either Same as First Clip, or Same as Project settings. A new video file will be rendered(created).
Another way to accomplish what you're doing is by using the Multi-Trim function. With a video clip in the time-line, look at the lower right of the Video Tab, for Multi-trim Video. Using this function you can go through the video clips, trimming out what you want, and be left with all the good stuff. Once the trimming is done, you can select all the clips on the time-line and choose Clip>Save Trimmed Video. This will do the same thing as going to the Share step..
A Recommended Workflow has been developed to help guide you through the mine-field of video editing, as it pertains to Ulead's VideoStudio Programs. They can be viewed here:
Recommened WorkFlow for VideoStudio
You might want to read through From Camcorder to DVD tutorial.
No there's no way that VS can delete and then just re-join the clips automatically. Here's why..
What you're working with as a project in VS, are representations of your video clip, or images. You can do anything you want in a project and you're original video remains untouched. A project file (VSP), is basically instructions, like you would type instructions using a word processor or notepad.
So that being said, it's not difficult to re-join your video. Just go to the Share step, and select Create Video File. Then choose either Same as First Clip, or Same as Project settings. A new video file will be rendered(created).
Another way to accomplish what you're doing is by using the Multi-Trim function. With a video clip in the time-line, look at the lower right of the Video Tab, for Multi-trim Video. Using this function you can go through the video clips, trimming out what you want, and be left with all the good stuff. Once the trimming is done, you can select all the clips on the time-line and choose Clip>Save Trimmed Video. This will do the same thing as going to the Share step..
A Recommended Workflow has been developed to help guide you through the mine-field of video editing, as it pertains to Ulead's VideoStudio Programs. They can be viewed here:
Recommened WorkFlow for VideoStudio
You might want to read through From Camcorder to DVD tutorial.
Ron Petersen, Web Board Administrator