Deleting clips / editing clips

[christopherlee]

I am new this program, I need to delete a clip but can not figgure out how to do this. What I need to do is take the individual

clip out and change the text, (credits clip) Can I do this???????? PLEASE HELP

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

 

OK. You have added a clip to the sequence line by dragging it from the media list. When you say "text" I am assuming you have an overlay associated with the clip in question.

 

If you dont want the clip on the sequence line just right click it (it will highlight in blue)and from the menu that appears select "Remove selected clip". This will remove it from the sequence.(But not the media list)

 

If you want to remove it from the media list as well (ie get rid of it entirely)then right click it on the media list and select the last option from the menu "Remove item(s)" This removes it from the media list, (but not your PC.)

 

If it is a clip against which you have added text as an overlay i.e. credits, and it is the text that you want to remove then do this......

 

The Overlay sequence line will contain a grey box with some of your text showing in it. The overlay is independant of your video clip by the way..unless you have linked it)

To remove the overlay and so the text, right click the box and then select "Delete selected Overlay(s) Delete" from the small menu that appears. Your overlay text will be removed.The clip against which the text formerly appeared will remain.

 

If it is a matter of just correcting your text then right click the overlay box and correct your text in the area below the left hand preview window.You can type directly into this.

 

Any problems - come back here and I'll try to be clearer.

 

Nat

[Cobb]

Hi

 

OK. You have added a clip to the sequence line by dragging it from the media list. When you say "text" I am assuming you have an overlay associated with the clip in question.

 

If you dont want the clip on the sequence line just right click it (it will highlight in blue)and from the menu that appears select "Remove selected clip". This will remove it from the sequence.(But not the media list)

 

If you want to remove it from the media list as well (ie get rid of it entirely)then right click it on the media list and select the last option from the menu "Remove item(s)" This removes it from the media list, (but not your PC.)

 

If it is a clip against which you have added text as an overlay i.e. credits, and it is the text that you want to remove then do this......

 

The Overlay sequence line will contain a grey box with some of your text showing in it. The overlay is independant of your video clip by the way..unless you have linked it)

To remove the overlay and so the text, right click the box and then select "Delete selected Overlay(s) Delete" from the small menu that appears. Your overlay text will be removed.The clip against which the text formerly appeared will remain.

 

If it is a matter of just correcting your text then right click the overlay box and correct your text in the area below the left hand preview window.You can type directly into this.

 

Any problems - come back here and I'll try to be clearer.

 

Nat

[Cobb]

Hi Nat,

Can I ask you a related question? I have version 2.41. About your instructions below, when I right click in the grey box in overlay sequence line(the box with green +) no menu opens...nothing happens. I noticed that the grey box does not show my text. Am I misunderstanding your instructions? I'm working with a file that was already saved as a movie. Is the movie not editable? Thanks, Jeff

 

 

 

If it is a clip against which you have added text as an overlay i.e. credits, and it is the text that you want to remove then do this......

 

The Overlay sequence line will contain a grey box with some of your text showing in it. The overlay is independant of your video clip by the way..unless you have linked it)

To remove the overlay and so the text, right click the box and then select "Delete selected Overlay(s) Delete" from the small menu that appears. Your overlay text will be removed.The clip against which the text formerly appeared will remain.

 

If it is a matter of just correcting your text then right click the overlay box and correct your text in the area below the left hand preview window.You can type directly into this.

[Nationalsolo]

Hi

 

You may be mistaken in two ways.......

 

"The Overlay sequence line will contain a grey box with some of your text showing in it."

 

(1)

The overlay sequence line mentioned here is the line directly below your video sequence track, and above the audio track......NOT the light gray box at the left hand end with the green cross. As you have found, clicking this will have no effect.

 

If you have added some text overlay (like titles etc.)to your project, it will appear in a dark grey box underneath the video track but above the audio track and some of the text (depending its length) will be visible. This is the box that I am referring to in my posting.

 

(2)

Now, as you say you are working on a file that has already been saved as a movie. This will NOT show overlays. VP (and any other editor) will see this as single,complete clip.

 

On loading, it will appear only as a video on the sequence line with the associated sound on the audio track. Any titles/end credits/subtitles etc. will be part of the film and will not appear on the overlay track But the film is editable in the normal way just like any video clip.

 

Note: It is only when you are dealing with or have loaded a VP PROJECT that any text is seen as an overlay. As you edit your clips you normally save your work as a VP project...In essence this is just a series of instructions that tells the program how to recreate your work when you come back to it after a layoff. Now, once you save your project as a finished movie everything is incorporated (text/overlays/edits/transitions)and assembled and you can save it to DVD or your PC etc. Loading THIS back into VP (which is what you seem to have have done) is just the same as loading a new (but bigger) video clip. It IS editable but now the text is part of the film.

 

If the VP data file - the VP project for your movie is still available you should load this to VP and then you can edit the text (and anything else) to your hearts content.

 

Hope this helps

 

 

Nat