Corel VideoStudio Help | Trimming clips

Trimming clips

To trim a clip before importing it into a project

To trim a clip by adjusting its duration

VideoStudio lets you split and trim clips with frame accuracy. You can trim a clip before you add it to your project to remove unwanted scenes. You can also trim a clip after you add it to the Timeline. You can adjust the length and duration of a clip, remove segments from a clip or split a clip into two.

To trim a clip before importing it into a project

1 In the Library, right-click on a video clip and choose Single Clip Trim.

2 In the Single Clip Trim dialog box, do one of the following to set the Mark-in and Mark-out points.

• Drag the Trim markers

• Move the Scrubber and click the Mark-in

and Mark-out buttons

You can also
Zoom in and out	Do one of the following: • Click the Zoom-in or Zoom-out buttons or drag the slider. • Position the cursor over the scroll bar, press [Ctrl] and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Zooming in to 1 frame displays each frame of the video and lets you trim one frame at a time.
Play only the trimmed clip	Press [Shift + Spacebar] or hold [Shift] and click the Play button.
Preview the clip at different playback speeds	Move the Fast forward/Fast rewind slider left or right to choose a playback speed, and hold it down when the clip plays at the speed you want.
Scroll to a different part of the clip	Do one of the following: • Position the cursor over the scroll bar, and use the mouse wheel to scroll. • Use the Jog Wheel control.

To position the Trim markers more precisely, click and hold a trim marker, and press the left or right arrow keys on the keyboard to trim one frame at a time.

You can also set the Mark-in and Mark-out points by pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively.

To trim a clip by adjusting its length

1 In the Timeline, select a clip.

2 Drag the handles on either side of the clip to change its length.

The Preview Window reflects the position of the Trim marker in the clip.

The Instant timecode tip that appears when you trim and insert overlapping clips on the Timeline lets you add clips with a specific timecode and make adjustments based on the timecode shown. For example, when the tip has the following format 00:00:17.05 (03:00 - 00), 00:00:17.05 indicates the current timecode where the selected clip is located. The (03:00 - 00) start-end range represents the duration of one overlapping clip with the previous clip and another overlapping with the next clip.

To trim a clip by adjusting its duration

1 In the Timeline, select a clip.

2 In the Options panel, click the timecode in the Duration box on the Edit tab.

3 Enter the desired clip length.

Changes made in the video Duration box affect only the Mark-out point. The Mark-in point remains unchanged.

To delete a segment from a clip

1 Click a clip in the Timeline.

2 Click the Selection Mode button

in the Player panel.

3 Do one of the following:

• Drag the Selection markers

to mark the beginning and end of the segment you want to delete.

• Drag the scrubber to the beginning of the segment that you want to delete and click the Mark-in

button. Next, drag the scrubber to the end of the segment that you want to delete and click the Mark-out

button.

The selected segment appears in a yellow selection box in the Timeline.

4 Click the Delete Segment button

or press the Delete key.

To cut more segments, repeat steps 3 to 4.

5 Click the Selection mode button

to exit Selection mode.

After a segment is deleted, the clip is split into two parts and the second part is selected by default.

Remember to exit Selection mode after you finish deleting the segments you want. To exit Selection mode, click the Selection mode button .

You can also adjust the length of a selected segment by resizing the yellow selection box in the Timeline. Hover over the left or right side of the selection box and when the cursor changes to a two-headed arrow, drag left or right to adjust the beginning and end of the segment, respectively.

To split a clip into two

1 In Storyboard View or Timeline View, select the clip you want to split.

2 Drag the Scrubber to the point where you want to split the clip.

Click or to set the cutting point more precisely.

3 Click

to split the clip into two clips.

To remove a clip, select it, and press [Delete].