Part 2: Trimming a video clip in Video tab

The Video tab has three handy tools for cutting video. You will find each of them useful depending on your need.

Set Mark-in/Mark-out is best for simple one-time trimming.

Multi-trim Video is great for multiple cutting. Learn more about this feature in Less is More: Quick editing with Multi-trim.

Split Video is designed for splitting a clip based on scene change.

In this tutorial let us just do a simple exercise in trimming a video using Mark-in/Mark-out.

To trim frame-by-frame using Mark-in/Mark-out:

1. Select the HM_General 03_start.wmv segment in the Video track.

2. Click Set Mark-in/Mark-out to open the Set Mark-in/Mark-out dialog box.

3. Zoom in to single frame level. Jog the slider to select frame 00:00:00:02. This is where the segment will start. Click to set mark-in point.

5. Drag the Jog slider to select frame 00:00:07:26 at the end. This is where the segment will end. Click to set mark-out point.

6. Click OK.

You have just removed a few frames from the start and end of the video. Video Duration has changed from 0:00:07.29 to 0:00:07.25.

If the segment has an embedded audio, Clip Volume will allow you to adjust volume and fade in/out settings. If you want to adjust brightness, select Auto Enhance Video.

Let us now proceed to work on our titles.