Up until now we have been editing and only working with one clip at a time. With Trimming we are interested in where clips intersect (the edit point)

Trimming is good for removing extra media and controlling how one clip cuts to another. Think about it as refining the edits you have done.

Selection Tool

An easy way to trim is to put the selection tool at the beginning or end of a clip. Notice that the cursor turns into the trim tool. Click and drag to remove or add to the clip.

An edit point has three sides: Trimming between two clips, you can adjust the Out of the clip on the left, the In on the clip on the right, or both (one-sided and two-sided)

*Handles are essential for transitions and trimming.

Extend edits

Extend edit is a way to move the Out point of one clip and the In point of another at the same time. Click once between the clips to select the edit point, then move the placement of the play head where you want it. Click "E" to move the edit.

Razor Blade (keyboard shortcut "b")

The 6th button down on the toolbar is the Razor Blade tool. It is helpful for cutting clips anywhere in the Timeline.

Snapping

Snapping can be helpful and I often use it in conjunction with the edit line. In other words, I put the playhead where I want to cut and then I put the razor blade on the editline (with snap on the blade tool will snap to the edit line.) You can turn on snapping by going to Sequence > Snapping (keyboard shortcut "n").

One-Sided Trimming

Ripple Edit - Ripple editing is similar to Insert editing. The overall duration of a sequence is affected by moving the In or Out point of a clip. Ripple editing lengthens or shortens the In-Out point of a clip as it is edited into a sequence, without affecting the duration of any other clips or affecting any gaps in the sequence. Another way to create a ripple is to select a clip and control click and select duration. Then change the duration and you create a ripple. Be careful when you are using video and audio that are not linked. Creating a ripple edit may cause the two to go out of sync. Control click and select "Move into sync" to correct this problem.

Two-Sided Trimming

Rolling Edit - Rolling edit is similar to overwrite. The Roll tool is just to the left of the Ripple tool. The Rolling Edit moves the Out point of one clip and the In point of the clip next to it. The overall duration of the sequence is not affected but the location of the edit between the two clips is changed.

*Short-cut tip - You can use "\" to preview around your playhead.

Slip - With the Slip tool, the clips' position and duration are unchanged in the Timeline, but the I and the O of the clip are changed. The Slip tool allows you to move a clip’s In and Out points simultaneously.

Slide Edit - The Slide tool is next to the Slip tool. The Slide Edit allows you to move a clip’s position in the Timeline between two others without creating a gap. The content of the clip does not change; only its position in the Timeline changes. When you slide a clip, the adjacent clips on either side get longer and shorter to fill any gaps that would normally be created. The sequence’s duration is unchanged.

 

Superimpose - Edits the clip in the Viewer into a track above the sequence clip at the play head.

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