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Using the Trim window
The Trim window is the most precise method of trimming your clips, frame
by frame.
To use the Trim window:
1. Click View: Toolbar &
Panels and select Trim
window.
2. Grab the edge of the clip
you want to trim. The
Trim window displays two
frames. The clip will be
trimmed between these
two frames when you
release the mouse button.
Notes:
•
Hold down the mouse button and use the arrow keys to move frame by frame.
• If you have the Stitch trim option selected only the previous frame is displayed
whenever you use the Trim window.
Using the Scissors tool to trim clips
To cut a clip:
1. Click the Scissors tool (or hold down the [
2. Click on the place where you want to cut the clip.
Cutting a clip breaks the clip at the pointer position, creating two separate
clips that you can then move around the Timeline. If you place two
previously cut clips back in their original positions you can reattach them
together by clicking (with the Scissors tool selected) over the cut line.
Note: Hold down the [
SHIFT
Cutting a clip with the Scissors tool
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] key on your keyboard to cut across multiple tracks.
] key on your keyboard).
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