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Trimming your clips – Grass Valley NewsEdit LT v.4.1 User Manual

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Trimming Your Clips

Digital News Production

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Trimming Your Clips

You trim your clips by marking new In and Out points for each clip.

To trim a clip:

1. Click once on the clip you want to trim to select it.

2. Press

3

on the keyboard or click the

Trim Tool

button in the Timeline

toolbar. The Trim window appears:

3. To trim the beginning of a shot, press the

spacebar

to play the clip and press

the

spacebar

again to stop at the frame where you want the clip to start.

You can also use the slider to find the approximate In point and then use the

A

,

S

,

D

, and

F

keys on the keyboard to find the exact spot.

4. Press

I

on the keyboard to mark a new In point.

5. To trim the end of the same clip, play the clip again and stop at the frame

where you want the clip to end.

6. Press

O

on the keyboard to mark a new Out point.

7. Continue trimming other clips in your sequence.

NOTE: You can also trim an individual track in a clip by turning off
the tracks you don’t want, clicking on the desired track, and trimming
the clip.