A Question About Editing Clips

I have a project where I have 35 different clips approx 2 minutes each. I want to edit them down to :30 seconds each. No problem there, but how do I save them as just the 'new' :30 clip? I don't ever want to revert to the original clip.
The reason for this is I don't want each clip to be such a large 2 minute file (size wise) when I compile all my different :30 second 'movies'.
Is there a way to trim the excess footage without keeping the embedded file in tact?
Thank you.

aaaah, know I understand.... (why doesn't everybody on this planet speaks english??)
well, you could use an older version of iM; with that, it was possible to "empty the trash"... but that resulted very often in BIG trouble, because the file system of iM got a hickup and the projects got corrupted....
I'm not tired to repeat:
iM has, as many software, a concept; it is meant as a basic edit app for the engineering-challanged-consumer: connect camera, some seconds off, some titles plus, little music, back to tape/burn on disc......
(have a look at that new "magic" feature...some software "decides", what is worth to look at what I have recorded last weekend.... THAT is what I call weird ;-))) )
and:
video is space consuming; I do own three hd, allmost half a terabyte, just for editing my "little son-shine drives trike" movies... ;-)) so, I really don't understand the people complaining they cannot free hd space WHILE doing a project...- the concept of this software says: do your edit, and as long you're doing that, you have access to everything, nothing gets lost... finish your project, and the disc is clean&empty again for a new project...-
another and:
your are able to preview your tape; you are not "forced" to import everything! as Bob Ross would say: now, you have to make a big decision... - import or not to import....
just to mention: all pro-apps work non-distructive too...

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Jerry
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4. When I use the scissors to cut a section out of the middle of a clip, the blue marker that shows where I am currently in the video stays in place. So each time I cut out a section, I have to manually drag the blue marker over to the new beginning that was at the end of all the stuff I just cut. Is there a preference to have the blue marker stay with you when you edit instead of it suddenly being far ahead of you in the editing process?
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Hunt

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http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#aiffsstored
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I didn't know it was possible to put clips under the primary. That certainly helps.

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Sorry if this is answered elsewhere - I don't even know where to look.
I'm working on a simple editing project. I've sucked in (I forget the proper term) an entire DV tape of material into one big file. Now I'm trying to pick out the good shots and save them as separate clips - about 50 of them. These clips will then be converted to a different format and reassembled using some special software outside of FCE to create an interactive web video.
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G'Day ap0110,
Welcome aboard the FCE forum.
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Go to Modify> Make Subclip. Command-U (keyboard shortcut).
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Do this as many times as required.
Right click in the Browser and a pop up appears with an option to create a _New Bin_.
Drag the newly named Sub Clips into a Bin of your choice.
Al

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CS4 adds an edit with feature...other than that sorry, Photoshop is
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Thanks for helping out self-taught, little experienced, non-coder....
I am building a new site and would like to use templates and nested templates (I know how to do that). The page I would make my template from can be found here - www.sttimothysanglican.org/Home.html. My question is this, how can I set up 2 nested templates with different content colors? In other words on some pages I would like the white area to be black and in all cases this is the area that needs to be editable.
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Hi
Style and content are seperate issues.
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RC
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Ok so for this class project i have tried it all. I want to get a certain clip our of a certain movie but i cannot find a way to do this at all. What applications do i even need. I need so info about this asap please. Will imovie work or do i need another. I know final cut studio will work but thats like over 1,000.00 and i'm not looking to spend that much. All information is greatly appectiated

Hello horsecrazy,
I want to get a certain clip our of a certain movie but i cannot find a way to do this at all
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A question about movie clips and the eraser

So I'm kinda new to flash and whatnot, probably not nearly as
good as half you people with the scripting and I donno what half of
things you say are.. and yeah.. but I'll learn one day. :]
Anyways.. so I want to use the eraser tool to erase a
graphic, but it doesn't seem to be able to do that. Basically I
have this picture of an eraser and when I l click the link I want
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erase doesn't seem to erase things unless they're made in flash.
Suggestions???
Also, how do you make a movie clip stop moving when you hover
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Ok - let's go step by step:
Re-re wrote:
> In flash CS3 there's an eraser tool that lets you erase
things, but doesn't let
> you erase graphics from what I can see.
"Graphics" is a pretty general term - it can mean anything
from vectors to bitmaps to symbol
instances. I have to assume that you are referring to
imported graphics. Please clarify.
If you are finding the eraser tool does not erase "graphics"
then you are either trying to erase a
bitmap or an instance.
If bitmap: you must break it apart or Trace Bitmap (convert
to vectors) before using the eraser
tool. More importantly, if you are trying to erase part of a
bitmap, it is probably more
advantageous to go back to the original source file and edit
it in your graphics editor and
re-import into flash.
If it is an instance of a Graphic symbol, double click the
symbol to enter Edit Mode - then use the
eraser tool (assuming the artwork inside this symbol is
vector art. If a bitmap refer to the
previous steps.
>
> But I have this button that looks like an eraser, and
when it's clicked I want
> the eraser to swipe across the page and erase it,
leaving it white from behind,
> but sence the ereaser tool in flash doesn't seem to let
me erase graphics, I
> was trying to figure out how to exicute my idea.
Here's where my confusion increases - this is a different
issue from the first one right? The eraser
tool and this eraser button are 2 different things? Let's
assume this eraser button is something you
made ok? But your last scentence still confuses me - what
does the Flash eraser tool have to do with
your eraser button?
What I think you want might be found by going to
www.flashkit.com and searching for "scratch lottery
ticket" or similar.
>
> Also, I have a movie clip with a botton on it, and the
movie clip rotates
> consantly. I want it to stop rotating when I hover over
the botton. How do I do
> that?
Give the MC an instance name and target it on rollOver of the
button:
on (rollOver) {
myMC.stop();
Chris Georgenes
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Is there any way to do this without exporting or nesting?
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Hey all,
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1. If I start a project in Premiere CS5, will I be able to edit it in other versions( 5.5 or 6)?
2. The video came with timecode on it. How do I remove it?
3. The video currently isn't taking up the fill screen. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

1. If I start a project in Premiere CS5, will I be able to edit it in other versions( 5.5 or 6)?
Yes.
2. The video came with timecode on it. How do I remove it?
The timecode is burned-in... the only way to remove it
is to get the original media without timecode on screen.
3. The video currently isn't taking up the fill screen. What am I doing wrong?
It appears your media does not match your sequence settings.
Try this:
More info here:
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