Reducing file sizes | saving space | cropping clips | HD

Hello again.
I have downloaded what was about 30GB of HD video from my camcorder. FCE has converted it into about 100GB of video on my iMac's hard drive.
As it's taking up a substantial bit of space, I was hoping to go through it and make some room by
1. cropping clips to just the footage I want to keep; and
2. deleting unwanted clips.
Before I set sail on this long and arduous journey, I wanted to check and make sure it would in fact free up some room. I'm concerned that this exercise may not actually help if FCE doesn't delete and crop the original video that I downloaded.
How does FCE operate in this regard? Is there a way to delete/crop the original clips to save space?

FCE is a non-destructive editor. There is nothing 'per se' in FCE that will cut the size of your captured clips.
For material that is already captured, there are workarounds. You could select the individual portions of a clip that you want to keep and export them as individual QuickTime movies; no degradation in quality; and after you're done you could delete the original (larger) clip file.
It might be better, however, to use Capture Clip and only import the specific portions of your video that you know you want to keep.
This requires balance between many factors, as I am sure you appreciate. Hard drive space vs. your time & energy for one.

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