Apple iMovie HD - Manual (Page 44)

44 Chapter 5 Editing Basics
Splitting a Video Clip
When you split a video clip, you simply break it into two clips, preserving both parts.
You can then delete the part you don’t want or save it to use elsewhere in your movie.
To split a video clip:
1 Select a clip in the Clips pane, clip viewer, or timeline viewer.
2 Drag the playhead in the scrubber bar to the frame where you want to split the clip.
3 Choose Edit > Split Video Clip at Playhead.
A new clip immediately appears.
Undoing an Edit
If you make a mistake as you work, you can always undo your action.
To undo an action:
m Choose Edit > Undo.
You can choose Undo multiple times to undo your changes one after the other.
About Gaps (Black Clips)
When you drag clips to the right in the timeline viewer, you can create a gap between
clips. The gaps, or empty spaces, are called “black clips”. When you switch to the clip
viewer, you see a black clip has been added to the project. When you view your movie,
you see only black video where gaps appear. You can change these black clips to any
color you want by creating a “color clip”.
You can use color clips as spacers or placeholders in your movie, or you can use them
as background for text or titles. You can’t select or move them in the clip viewer.
Did You Know? — Undoing Your Changes
When you trim a clip, the footage you delete is not lost. You can choose the
Undo command multiple times to cancel your changes one after another. You
can also undo all your changes to a clip at once by selecting the clip and choosing
Advanced > Revert Clip to Original. If you trimmed too much from a clip, you can
also bring back the trimmed footage using the direct trimming method, explained
next.