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Trim or Extend Clip to Playhead
You can easily trim or extend a clip to a specific length by positioning the playhead on the Timeline exactly where you want the video to start or end and then selecting the appropriate operation by clicking on the Edit Actions icon.
— Place the playhead at the point that you wish to either extend the clip to, or cut the clip off at.
— Click on the Edit Actions icon.
— Select Trim Start to Playhead from the contextual menu to cut or extend the left side of the clip to the playhead position.
— Select Trim End to Playhead from the contextual menu to cut or extend the right side of the clip to the playhead position.
(Top) The original Timeline with playhead intersecting between the second and
third set of “BB’s,” (Middle) The resulting clip when Trim Start to Playhead is selected, (Bottom) The resulting clip when Trim End to Playhead is selected
Trimming Edits in the Viewer
You can double-click any edit point between two clips in the Timeline or Upper Timeline to open up the Trim Editor, which provides a detailed method of adjusting both halves of an edit point. A graphical A/B roll interface shows two filmstrips with the outgoing clip on top and the incoming clip on the bottom. These controls are draggable:
— Drag the left side of the top filmstrip’s handle to trim the Out point of the outgoing clip
— Drag the right side of the bottom filmstrip’s handle to trim the In point of the incoming clip
— Drag the white handle between the top and bottom filmstrips to roll the edit point, simultaneously adjusting the outgoing and incoming edit points