Trimming your clips – Grass Valley NewsEdit LT v.4.1 User Manual
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Trimming Your Clips
Digital News Production
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Trimming Your Clips
You trim your clips by marking new In and Out points for each clip.
To trim a clip:
1. Click once on the clip you want to trim to select it.
2. Press
3
on the keyboard or click the
Trim Tool
button in the Timeline
toolbar. The Trim window appears:
3. To trim the beginning of a shot, press the
spacebar
to play the clip and press
the
spacebar
again to stop at the frame where you want the clip to start.
You can also use the slider to find the approximate In point and then use the
A
,
S
,
D
, and
F
keys on the keyboard to find the exact spot.
4. Press
I
on the keyboard to mark a new In point.
5. To trim the end of the same clip, play the clip again and stop at the frame
where you want the clip to end.
6. Press
O
on the keyboard to mark a new Out point.
7. Continue trimming other clips in your sequence.
NOTE: You can also trim an individual track in a clip by turning off
the tracks you don’t want, clicking on the desired track, and trimming
the clip.