Cutting instead of trimming

Director James

Newbie Joined: Apr 18, 2014 04:22 Messages: 23 Offline

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Sep 02, 2015 08:56

I am currently editing a video which has 78gb of raw footage; 50% of it is setting up and other assorted parts which would never be used - unfortunately the more I use the slower the program gets and I am going to assume that it is slow becuase of all the raw footage being used and trimmed from.

So my question is simple - how do I edit video and permanantly cut the bits out that I don't want? I have no fears of cutting something out accidently as all the raw footage is backed up on an external hard drive.

James

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Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Sep 02, 2015 10:10

If I understand right.
You want to cut, (Split) the long video file.
On the timeline, select yellow cursor with a portion of the video, Produce Range button will save only the selected portion of the video.

To split the project:
On the timeline with yellow cursor to select part of the project that wants to separate, Copy button.
Go to File, New Project, Paste button.

See in the image as select with yellow.


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Director James

Newbie Joined: Apr 18, 2014 04:22 Messages: 23 Offline

Sep 03, 2015 07:56

Thank you for the reply, that is not what I meant but I did learn two new things from that reply so I thank you for that

What I meant was if I have a video that is 3gb in size but the first 2gb of video is simply of me setting up (and is footage I don't want) then how do I cut the first 2gb of video out and only leave the last 1gb (the part I want) in and edit that.

Carl312

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

Sep 03, 2015 09:31

Quote: Thank you for the reply, that is not what I meant but I did learn two new things from that reply so I thank you for that

What I meant was if I have a video that is 3gb in size but the first 2gb of video is simply of me setting up (and is footage I don't want) then how do I cut the first 2gb of video out and only leave the last 1gb (the part I want) in and edit that.

You put your original uncut video on the timeline.

Move your cursor (scrubber) to the point you want to remove.

Click Split on the top of the timeline.

select (click the part you want to remove) Either select remove on top of the timeline or press Delete on the keyboard.

Select remove and close gap.

If you want that cut to be permanent, Click on Produce, Produce the modified video to the same format and quality as the origingal footage (SVRT).

Done

You can then use the produced video and edit as desired. By removing and producing, you remove 2 GB of junk. You end up with a smaller file that does not tax your computer as much.

You can also just use the yellow cursor and highlight the portion you want to keep, then Produce Range. Use the new produced range video on the timeline to edit. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Director James

Newbie Joined: Apr 18, 2014 04:22 Messages: 23 Offline

Sep 06, 2015 08:20

Thanks for the reply; I have decided to download a third party program to cut the video before they are used in power director.