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NS, thanks bushels. Tomorrow I will put it through it's traces. Regards

Hi

 

OK.Here's what you do...

 

You must be in timeline mode. Don't put the clip to be edited on the sequence line, otherwise you will have to remove it later.(It doesn't matter if you do-it's just an extra step to take it off again)

 

Now left click your clip on the media list and it will appear in the left hand preview pane with a row of thumbnails under it. Move (drag) the red and blue In and Out flags to the position you want. You may need to scroll the pane left or right with the scroll bar at the bottom to see its full length. The selected piece of the clip between the markers will be shown with a green band along the bottom.

Now immediately beneath your clip in the centre of the lower panel, are two boxes displaying the position of your markers. To the right of this are the in and out flag buttons and to the right of these is a button with a logo of a piece of film.

 

Click this button and your section of film will be copied to the media list, from where you can drag it to the sequence. Alternatively you can set the markers and then click the green arrow which will directly place the clip onto the sequence. That's the method you were looking at.

 

 

 

As an alternative method you can also directly edit the film clip when placed on the sequence line by dragging the ends right or left to the desired point. There is no need to involve the in/out markers.

 

Or , if you need to be more exact, you can play the sequence in the right hand preview pane and stop the red cursor at the desired point. You can adjust this point with the <> buttons to either side of the triangular Play button. Once you have the position set you can then split the sequence with the "Split" button on the left, followed by removal the unwanted sections.

 

Note that in these two scenarios you are not actually cutting or creating a new clip as the first procedure does. Consequently in the event of a mistake (even if you have apparently deleted the unwanted bits) you can restore the clip to its full length again by pulling out the ends of the section left behind.

 

Hope this helps. Come back if it's not clear.

 

Nat

I was using V2.41 and tried making 'cuts' as my first attempt. I set the 'in and out' settings. In the help manual it states that in doing cuts, immediately to the right of the 'in/out' flags is a button for using the 'Save As' feature to save the new clip. I can't find this button. Anyone? Thanks! P.S. I posted this earlier, this AM, but now, cannot find my post. Probably did something wrong. Label me Newbie.

Hi. Purchased program yesterday. My first item of use - attempting to 'cut away' a few seconds from beginning and several seconds from end of clip. I set it up properly using the flags, in and out. The manual states that you can "cut" away portions by using the "Save as new Clip" button to the right of "In/Out" flags (Icon of video file with star in top right corner). There is no such button to the right or anywhere else that I can find.

I'm using V2.41 and complete 'newbie' and in this same vein, is it the 'In & Out' portion that is being Saved or the parts to the left of IN and the parts to the right of OUT? Thanks!