Removing a section of the video

[juliart08]

I have tried cutting a clip like the book says but I can't remove the section I don't want. Someone please explain step by step the way to do this. I want to take a section out and join the first section to the second section. (without the part I have removed). I don't know how else to explain it.

[Ron P.]

Removing/cutting a segment from your clip is done by;
1. With your clip in the time-line, move the playhead to the position where you want to remove. This will be the start of the bad segment to be removed.

2. With the clip highlighted, press the scissor icon to make a cut. You should now see 2 virtual clips, from the one. These are virtual, because VS does not alter your original source clips.

3. Move the playhead to the end of the bad segment. Again with the clip highlighted, press the scissor icon making another cut. Now you should have 3 virtual clips from the one. The middle clip should be what you want removed.

4. Now select/highlight the middle clip, and press [Delete] key on your keyboard. Now you're left with 2 clips. Keep in mind that these are virtual, so you could grab a yellow handle on one end and drag out to the left or right, and the portion you just deleted would be back. Don't want that since you wanted it removed.

5. At this point you can choose to add a transition effect between them, or just leave them as is, ie; a hard-cut transition. Then when your finished editing, go to the Share step, and either Create a Video File, or jump into the burn module (Share>Create Disc) to burn a DVD.

5a. If you just want to join the remaining parts, maybe to be used in another project, or just want the clip minus the bad segment, go directly to the Share step, Create Video File, and select Same as First Clip, or Same as Project Settings. VS will render a new video file, which will be of the remaining segments joined as one.

[juliart08]

Well I got the clip cut the way I wanted. Now I tried to save the project to "File" under share and it rendered OK, I thought. It was an AVI save. I wanted to play it before I burned it so I would not waste a DVD if it was wrong. Well, sure as heck it was fouled up. It plays OK for a while and then it jumps from full screen to squeezed wide screen. It also goes to wide screen when it gets to images only. What do I do to save it so I can make a DVD that will work on normal home player? I guess I have to re-save it to something else besides AVI.

[mitchell65]

Hi Juliart
I really think you could benefit by reading Steve's excellent guide here:
http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13421