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Timeline window during (above) and after (below) trimming.
Gray triangle in corner of clip disappears when you trim.
For linked clips (video that includes a soundtrack), dragging the edge of one, changes the
In or Out points of both clips. Sometimes you want to trim linked clips independently in
order to create split edits (also known as L-cuts and J-cuts). Pressing Alt when you trim
allows you set the In and Out points of the video and audio separately.
To change a clip’s In and Out points in the Timeline window:
1
In the Timeline window, click the Selection tool .
To trim only one clip of a linked pair, Alt-select the clip to temporarily unlink them. Select
them again to move them as a unit.
2
Position the pointer over the edge of the clip you want to trim until the correct icon
appears:
• Trim-In icon
to trim the beginning of a clip.
• Trim-Out icon
to trim the end of a clip.
3
Drag the edge to the desired frame. Notice that the Monitor window displays the frames
as you drag, showing the frame from the adjacent clip (if any). Subsequent clips in the
track shift in time to compensate for the edit, but their durations remain unchanged.
Trimming frames from either end of a clip in the Monitor window
If you view a clip in the Monitor window before placing it in the Timeline window, you can
trim frames from either end of the clip. The Set In and Set Out buttons mark the start and
end frames of the clip. Once a clip is in a movie, you can reopen it in the Clip view to
change its In and Out points, either regaining frames previously trimmed or trimming
additional frames.
To trim frames from the beginning or end of a clip in the Clip view:
1
Double-click the video clip in the Media window or in the Timeline window to open the clip
in the Monitor window.
2
In the Clip view of the Monitor window, do one of the following:
• Locate the frame you want to be the first frame of the clip, and click the Set In button
(or choose Marker > Set Clip Marker > In).
• Locate the frame you want to be the last frame of the clip, and click the Set Out button
(or choose Marker > Set Clip Marker > Out).
