Trim a clip from the sceneline, Trim a clip in the monitor panel, Remove frames from the middle of a clip – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
Page 123
118
USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Editing clips
Last updated 8/12/2010
Note: You cannot use Interest as the only factor to determine the trimmable section. Interest and Quality factors work
together. Trim sections reduce when you move the slider from right to left. A clip that is low in quality or interest gets
trimmed. A clip that is high in quality or interest doesn’t get trimmed.
Smart Trim options
Access Smart Trim options
Enable Smart Trim and do one of the following to access the Smart Trim options:
•
Select Timeline > Smart Trim Options.
•
Click Smart Trim Options above the Monitor panel.
•
Right-click a trimmable selection, and select Smart Trim Options.
Trim a clip from the Sceneline
When using the Sceneline, you can trim clips directly in the mini-timeline in the Monitor panel. Trimming clips in the
Monitor panel trims only the instance of the clip that appears in the Sceneline, not the original clip.
More Help topics
Trim a clip in the Monitor panel
1 Select a clip in the Sceneline.
The clip appears in the Monitor panel, with a clip representation containing the clip’s filename in the mini-timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
•
To trim the clip from the beginning, drag the In point handle
(on the left of the clip representation) to the right.
•
To trim the clip from the end, drag the Out point handle (on the right of the clip representation) to the left.
The Monitor panel shows the frame at the location where you dragged the handle.
Remove frames from the middle of a clip
You may want to retain material at the beginning and end of a clip for your movie, but remove material from its
middle. You can split the clip right before the unwanted section begins, creating two clips; then you can trim the
unwanted material from the beginning of the second clip.
1 In the Sceneline, select the clip containing unwanted material.
The clip appears in the Monitor panel, with a clip representation containing its filename in the mini-timeline.
2 Drag the current-time indicator in the Monitor panel to the frame where the unwanted material begins.
3 In the Monitor panel, click the Split Clip button
.
Two clip representations replace the original in both the mini-timeline and the Sceneline.