Can't seem to trim video correctly....

mrteeth2005

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Sep 23, 2010 00:59

Bare with me here guys as I'm still trying to get this right.

I have a video and there's a 2 minute scene where it's completely black. I'm not sure what happened but there's sound but no picture. I want to 'trim' this out.

So I bring up the trim setting. It shows the timeline and the scenes in 'boxes'. I select '1 minute' to break up the scenes in smaller bits. Then I see the two 'black scenes' next to each other. I select the first black scene and press 'Mark In'. I select the 2nd black scene and press 'Mark out', then OK.

When I do this, everything is trimmed except for those two blacked out scenes. Do I have this backwards? Please show me how to do this because it's getting frustrating.

Thank you.

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Trevor George

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Sep 23, 2010 03:56

If I want to remove scenes I simply mark the in and out points, then highlight that section on the timeline, then hit the delete key on my keyboard.

If you have other tracks such as a background music track, make sure that track is locked before doing the delete, by clicking on the 'padlock' icon to the locked setting. Trevor . . My YouTube site . . (Bristol, UK) . . My JVC GZ-HM1 Camcorder

mrteeth2005

Member Joined: Jul 15, 2010 01:09 Messages: 55 Offline

Sep 23, 2010 04:19

Quote: If I want to remove scenes I simply mark the in and out points, then highlight that section on the timeline, then hit the delete key on my keyboard.

If you have other tracks such as a background music track, make sure that track is locked before doing the delete, by clicking on the 'padlock' icon to the locked setting.

So let say I am looking at the 'trim' menu. I see all of my frame boxes. I have two blacked out frames, which I want to delete. Do I put a Mark In on black frame 1 and Mark out on black frame 2? Or do I mark in and out on the frames outside those? Does that make sense?

I know this should be easy but I keep deleting all scenes except the blacked out scenes. Intel i930 (4x 2.80ghz), 12 gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 ram, 1.5gb Nvidia GTX480, Asus P6t mb, 850w XFX PSu, Windows 7 HP

Trevor George

Member Location: Bristol, UK. Joined: May 29, 2010 17:44 Messages: 80 Offline

Sep 23, 2010 04:24

You don't need the "Trim" menu . . . just do it in the normal edit process

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mrteeth2005

Member Joined: Jul 15, 2010 01:09 Messages: 55 Offline

Sep 23, 2010 04:50

Quote: You don't need the "Trim" menu . . . just do it in the normal edit process

Unfortunately, on the edit screen, my clip is one long hour and half production. There are no 'scenes' per se. That's why I need to go to the Trim Feature so I can actually see the blacked out screens. Intel i930 (4x 2.80ghz), 12 gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 ram, 1.5gb Nvidia GTX480, Asus P6t mb, 850w XFX PSu, Windows 7 HP

Trevor George

Member Location: Bristol, UK. Joined: May 29, 2010 17:44 Messages: 80 Offline

Sep 23, 2010 05:03

Assuming you have the long scene in the timeline, in the standard "Edit" mode, (not "Trim" mode). just locate the start point of the blacked-out section and click "Split", then locate the out-point and click "Split", then highlight the section between the two points and hit "delete".

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Sep 23, 2010 11:30

Trevor Good advice.
That is the way I like to trim video. Much easier to split the video, than to use the multi-trim.

One more thought, be sure you are in "Timeline" Mode, not "Storybook".
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mrteeth2005

Member Joined: Jul 15, 2010 01:09 Messages: 55 Offline

Sep 23, 2010 15:22

Thanks guys. I think that did the job. Intel i930 (4x 2.80ghz), 12 gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 ram, 1.5gb Nvidia GTX480, Asus P6t mb, 850w XFX PSu, Windows 7 HP