fine editing of video

Ambientdave

Newbie Joined: May 13, 2021 07:24 Messages: 38 Offline

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Jul 27, 2021 07:26

Hi Everyone

As a fairly new learner of PD365 verision 19.6 I'm finding it a little bit difficult to trim my videos in a precise way.

Some of my cuts are not in the right place and I need to go back a step to correct each time

So what would be the best way of doing the precise edits?

,I had found the seek by function,via the preview window and selected frames. And using the left and right arrow keys to

step through each frame, to trim and cut my video

is this the correct thing to do,Im not sure.? I have zoomed into my timeframe too also

Any help or advice would be welcome

Thanks

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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Jul 27, 2021 08:23

I find the Hotkey, "," (comma, previous frame) and "." (period, next frame) quicker to use than mouse clicking the preview window arrows.

Not really necessary to be zoomed in on the timeline unless desired, you are going through the footage a frame at a time. When you have the scrubber at the correct spot, just use "Ctrl T" to split.

Jeff

Ambientdave

Newbie Joined: May 13, 2021 07:24 Messages: 38 Offline

Jul 27, 2021 09:38

Quote I find the Hotkey, "," (comma, previous frame) and "." (period, next frame) quicker to use than mouse clicking the preview window arrows.

Not really necessary to be zoomed in on the timeline unless desired, you are going through the footage a frame at a time. When you have the scrubber at the correct spot, just use "Ctrl T" to split.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,appreciate your help. Great tip there,will try that out!

Esseff

Member Location: Germany Joined: Oct 10, 2020 16:47 Messages: 69 Offline

Jul 27, 2021 11:46

Quote I find the Hotkey, "," (comma, previous frame) and "." (period, next frame) quicker to use than mouse clicking the preview window arrows.

Not really necessary to be zoomed in on the timeline unless desired, you are going through the footage a frame at a time. When you have the scrubber at the correct spot, just use "Ctrl T" to split.

Jeff

Didn 't know about the ',' and '.'. I really gotta start using hotkeys. Great tip!

Ambientdave

Newbie Joined: May 13, 2021 07:24 Messages: 38 Offline

Jul 27, 2021 12:20

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Didn 't know about the ',' and '.'. I really gotta start using hotkeys. Great tip!

Yes its a great tip,

I did know too,ha,ha. Quite new to PD365 and video editing .I must read the manul and learn more,

Update

So I have been playing around with some old video and practising making fine edits here is what I have discovered (to my joy,ha,ha)

I have zoomed in and found the cursor exactly on the start of a frame and make a cut it snaps to that frame

And also am leaving the Seek by setting to frames for now,found that by setting seconds or minutes it gives me a wider range

Thanks again for eveyones help

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PowerDirector Moderator

Senior Contributor Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan Joined: Oct 18, 2016 00:25 Messages: 2104 Offline

Jul 28, 2021 04:55

Hi,
Just for completeness - video can be edited to frame level, but audio can be edited to 1/10 frame level if Preferences>Editing>Enlarge timeline scale for audio track is selected.
In this situation the timeline scrubber still snaps to video frames, the hotkeys also snap to video frames, but audio keyframes can be selected on the audio level line at 1/10th frame markers.

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Ambientdave

Newbie Joined: May 13, 2021 07:24 Messages: 38 Offline

Jul 28, 2021 05:06

Quote Hi,
Just for completeness - video can be edited to frame level, but audio can be edited to 1/10 frame level if Preferences>Editing>Enlarge timeline scale for audio track is selected.
In this situation the timeline scrubber still snaps to video frames, the hotkeys also snap to video frames, but audio keyframes can be selected on the audio level line at 1/10th frame markers.

Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator

Thanks very much,great tip there

Ben practising editing old video,making use of the hot keys etc. Its going to be a case of practising on my days off work.

Creatiing video contents for my Youtube channel and applying what I have learned he,he

Cheers

David