Trimming Clips (CS6)

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/trimming-clips1.html

Apart from this feature issue, to back up the original Help topic, we've put up a free tutorial on using the trim tool in Premiere Pro CS6, by MVP Jeff Sengstack (raise your hand!). The tutorial offers a quick tip on avoiding confusion with the rubber band tool, and then shows a few different ways that trims can be applied:
http://infiniteskills.com/blog/2012/08/adobe-premiere-pro-cs6-tutorial-trim-edits/

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Re: Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Trimming clips (CS6)

How do we access just the P Pro CS6 Help Reference instead of all this community content?

Regarding changes to Help, please read this document first: http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/community-help.html
[Jeff Sengstack]
How do we access just the P Pro CS6 Help Reference instead of all this community content? When will Help arrive?
Jeff, this is the Help reference. It arrived the moment we shipped CS6. There is tons of new writing here for the CS6 trimming features here on this page. The documentation covers all the new features. I also have some tutorials plugged in. What is your specific complaint about the page for trimming in CS6? If there is a problem with the content being incorrect, or missing info, I can fix it. I cannot fix the way that the new Help system is designed, however, I can provide feedback to my superiors.
Also, we've been plugging in supporting community content into Help along with reference content for quite some time so that should be no surprise. We hope it is a help, rather than a hindrance. These articles and tutorials are from authors I worked with during prerelease, so tutorials are vetted, and the content is valid.
[Jim Simon]
Can't yet.
You can access the entire Help system for Premiere Pro here: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/topics.html or just press F1. This page (called the "Topics Page"), although different in appearance, has very similar chapter topics that were found in the CS5/CS5.5 Help table of contents.
The only thing you cannot yet do is download the entire Help system as a PDF. That feature is coming next month: http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/x-productkb/global/cs6-help-pdf-available-june.html
[shooternz]
I am kind of staggered that Adobe launched and released without Help Files for these CS6 products. Particularly in the case of SpeedGrade where I needed most Help. New and unfamiliar applications need Help Files for Users to get up to speed! Adobe are now relying on the cool Tutorial Videos (which have great value) but are hopeless in terms of such basics as "Setting Up" and trouble shooting. "RTFM"...What FM? I have put SpeedGrade on the backburner because of this. (I simply can not resolve some set up issues due to lack of available goto info.) May not get back to it for sometime actually.
That's not true, shooternz. Help files are available for every Adobe product. Just press F1. For Premiere Pro, the list of topics (table of contents) is here: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/topics.html Keep in mind that this is a brand new Help system, and it took extra effort to complete the content and make sure that the system functioned properly. If there are any problems with the system, please let me know. For example, search needs to be improved and that is something we know about and are working on.
SpeedGrade Help is sparse because we just got the product 6 months ago. Given our time constraints, there simply was not enough time to develop a full Help system. On behalf of Adobe, I apologize for not being able to provide full documentation for SpeedGrade. I assure you, though, that a full set of Help documentation for SpeedGrade will be available later this year. In the mean time, if you have questions about SpeedGrade, check out the user-to-user forum here: http://forums.adobe.com/community/speedgrade
[Jeff Sengstack]
The issue is not how to access Help (pressing F1), it's how to access the old Help reference. The new Help system is community-oriented and does not include access to the old Help reference file.
Do you mean you want the CS5/CS5.5 Help without the CS6 content? It's available here on PDF: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/archive.html
The "new community-oriented" Help is not new. We've been adding community content along with the reference content for some time now. If you mean to say the Help is only created by the community, that is totally incorrect. I am the writer for Premiere Pro, I include all the details of the new features, and I cull content to support the writing.
If one noodles around in community help, one will find bits and pieces of the old Help reference but no single source.
The previous Help content is included verbatim into current Help. It just has CS6 content added to it. It also "looks different" and is more search based. Again, search the PDF if you need to see the CS5/CS5.5 Help without CS6 content.
That is unfortunate, because Community Help is a cobbled-together, clumsy means to find solutions. Wheras, when using the old Help reference, it was a lot easier to quickly track down answers to basic questions.
I would really like to pinpoint what you are missing from CS5/CS5.5 Help. Why is it harder now to find what you need? The main differences I see is that there are no "next page" buttons, or hierarchy links. Is this what is bothering you? By the way, you can return to the topics page by clicking "Adobe Premere Pro Help" in the upper left of the page.
[Wodehouse]
I thought something had gone wrong with Master Collection installation because not a single product has any HELP guide!!!!
Help systems are no longer managed by the Community Help Client and are now handled by the Adobe Help Manager. There may be edge cases where Help might not appear in previous systems. Check the Adobe Help Manager and see if you can have access to the Help that you want. More on the Adobe Help Manager in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1000134

I get the error message in QuickTime "operation stopped the operation is not supported for this media" most times when I try and export an .AVI file as something else (.m4v). I have not touched the file in any way (no trimming, clipping or other editing)

I get the error message in QuickTime "operation stopped the operation is not supported for this media" most times when I try and export an .AVI file as something else (e.g. .m4v). I have not touched the file in any way (no trimming, clipping or other editing), all I want QuickTime to do is export the file in a compressed format. Bizzarely, if I shutdown and open QuickTime many times I can occasionally export a clip as another format (maybe one in 10 times). I have seen that other users have had a similar problem after clipping files in QuickTime but this seems to be a slightly different bug in that all I do is open the file and then try and export the file as is - either way, this is a very annoying bug

@Z_B-B, thank you for taking the time to respond to my cry for help. However, the link you supplied does not address the problem: I am not trying to export from Final Cut Pro to QuickTime, I am trying to export from QuickTime to the rest of the world (like people's iPhones and Ipads) in .m4v format (so I am not emailing my freinds such huge files).
If I were to spend hundreds of Dollars on a copy of Final Pro I could export directly from there and not have to bother with QuickTime, but I do not take enough video clips to justify the cost. I must say that I never had any of these problems before I decided to switch from Snow Leopard to Mountai Lion.

How to completely remove the excess footage from a trimmed clip?

I'm sure there is a very basic answer for this, and I'm simply inexperienced.
I just can't seem to find this exact problem stated anywhere.
My issue involves time remapping.
I'm working on a MacBook Pro, using dynamic link between Premiere Pro CC and After Effects CC. When I select a single "slice" of a clip I have trimmed down with the razor and open it in AE via direct link, it works well, and I proceed to enable time remapping. All goes as I want it to.
The issue arises when, immediately, I notice that the start and end key frames are not visible because they are actually placed at both ends of the full clip, NOT my trimmed down version. When I place key frames at the ends of the smaller area I want to work with, I notice that if I want to move those end frames inward, it actually pulls the excess footage from the sides into the work area, which I would expect if I didn't have the comp trimmed to the work area.
I'm sure this is just ignorance, but I want to be able to work ONLY with the trim I made, and if I want to pull my end keyframes around, I need them to leave blank black space, NOT the rest of the footage. How do I actually chop out the trim so this works the way I want it to?
Thanks so much in advance. I'm not well versed in the terminology for this program yet and I hope I was able to explain the issue at least halfway clearly.

When you enable time remapping, AE automatically creates keyframes at the start and end of the entire clip, regardless of how it's been trimmed (as you already know).
While there's no way to automatically do what you want, it's an easy manual process.
Enable Time Remapping.
Go to the in point of the trimmed clip (press i) and add a keyframe.
Go to the out point of the trimmed clip (press o) and add a keyframe.
Use the keyframe arrow buttons in the timeline to step forward to the end-of-layer keyframe. Even if it's outside the composition time so you can't see it, it can still be (invisibly) navigated to. Then remove the keyframe by clicking on the remove/add keyframe button between the two arrows.
Navigate to the start-of-layer keyframe and do the same.
Now you should have just two keyframes, at the start and end of the trimmed layer.

IMovie Won't Let Me Trim Clip Length To Less Than 1.0 Seconds

Anyone have any luck trimming clips down to less than 1.0 seconds?
I'm doing some video editing on iMovie for which I want to trim clips down to about 0.4 to 0.6 seconds depending on the audio track I'm trying to match. I can't seem to get iMovie to let me trim a track down past 1.0 seconds. When I try to trim it, the length just stays at 1.0 seconds. I HAVE been able to take a clip that's 1.0 seconds, split it, and then end up with two clips of 0.5 seconds each. However, when I try to make any length adjustment on these shorter clips they automatically jump back out to 1.0 second lengths and I'm back to square one.
Thanks in advance and happy iMovie-ing!

I find that splitting a clip is much easier then trimming.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/iphone/1.2/index.html#kna257fc915
So I tend to scroll through to where I want to make and edit, and then split the clip, and delete the bit to cut out.
And then you can go as close as about .4 seconds.
Sadly iMovie iOS isn't really made for fast cuts.
So the only advise I can give is to split clips to get them shorter.

Saving a trimmed clip as new file?

hi
i'm tring to resize clips down to just the parts i want, i'm not wanting to make a dvd or anything at this point.
in ulead i often used a feature let me save a clip that i trimmed down off as a new file. i did this to save on disc space and get rid the junk frames. in elements i can see how to trim from the left and from the right, and to split a clip, but i can not figure out how to save off that trimmed video to a new file. or even change the length of the original.
thanks

Once you have your trimmed clip on your timeline, just go to Share/Personal Computer/DV-AVI to output it.

"Export Movie" exports original, non-trimmed clip! Help!

Hello everyone. I'm using iMovie '11, and trying to make a series of videos.
I have taken clips imported from iPhoto, dragged them to create new projects, then used the "clip trimmer" tool to cut off the beginning and ends of the clip.
So here's the problem. When I "Export using QuickTime" and select MPEG-4 and various settings, I get the video as I edited it.
However, when I use "Export Movie" and select 720p, the result file uses the entire non-trimmed clip.
This makes my HD videos unusable. Does anyone know what is going on or how to fix it?
Thanks for your help!

Bumping this in the hopes someone has an answer.
I've tried exporting other video sizes, and it appears this only happens with 720p. This is the size of the original recording, which possibly holds a clue. But I still need it fixed!

PE 10 Archive not trimming clips

From the PE 10 Help manual
"Archive Project - Creates a folder containing a new project file, and a new clip for each clip used in the original Timeline or Sceneline at its edited length. The trimmed project includes up to 30 frames of extra footage, called handles, before the In point and after the Out point of each trimmed clip for minor adjustments you may want to make after archiving the project."
I am using Premiere Elements 10 on a Windows system (XP) and using "archive" (and the archive option within archive) it is not trimming clips at all, it simply copies the full clip to the archive folder. This is extremely wasteful of disc space and is not what is described in the above cut from the manual which is what one would expect an archive function to do (trim clips plus handles). Why not and is there any way around this.
Cheers
Andrew

Andrew,
This a bit of a guess, as I use Project Manager in PrPro, and it has some major differences.
I suspect that you have a large Clip, or Clips, and have used Instances of that/those on the Timeline. Is that the case?
If you had discrete, separate Clips, that had been Trimmed, in either the Source Monitor, or on the Timeline, then those would be Trimmed, with X Frames as Handles.
Discrete Clips are different than Instances of a larger "master Clip."
Maybe someone else will chime in, and either validate my thoughts, or tell us both, where I am going wrong.
Good luck,
Hunt

Having trouble getting premiere pro trimmed clips into compositions

I'm working on a TV intro mashup in the style of the tv show happy days with another editor. I'm a complete noob with after effects. I've never used it before for anything. The other editor has created template in after effects of the record player with compositions of the actor intros in the center of the record and sent me the project. He's created a composition for each character intro and I'm trying to go in and replace the clips he used as place holders with clips i've trimmed in premiere pro.
At first I was successful by dragging and dropping the premiere pro sequence into the after effects project. Then when I looked at the sequence composition I could see the trimmed clips and could copy paste the clips I wanted into their respective intro compositions. I noticed the first time I imported the sequence into after effects and made changes to it in premiere pro it updated in real time. Now all of a sudden any changes I make to the premiere pro sequence no longer update in after effects. What's weird is they do update to the extend if I watch the sequence play in the after effects viewer I can see the changes but on the timeline where the clips are laid out the changes aren't reflected and it's showing me an earlier version of the sequence.
So my two main questions are
1) how come the time line in after effects is no longer updating the changes I make to the sequence in premiere pro?
2) what is the easiest way to get trimmed premiere pro clips into after effects compositions?

Question 1:
Since you're so new to AE, it's quite possible that any of a number of things happened without you being aware of it. That and you haven't given much information for troubleshooting. I mean, we don't even know the rough versions you're using, much less minor version numbers. (For example, we don't know if you're using CC 2014, much less if you're running the 13.2 update for AE or not.) Here's some info we would need to help: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/961743
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/961743
Question 2:
You can choose File>Import Premiere Pro Project and it'll bring the clips in. It won't update at all, but it will give you the clips you need in a way that's easier to deal with in AE.
Alternatively, you can choose to dynamically link a Premiere Project (which sounds like what you initially did). In most cases, I prefer the first way.
Since you've never used AE before, there are going to be a lot of things that frustrate you if you try to plow ahead without a knowledge of the basics. I strongly recommend going through the resources linked here: Getting started with After Effects Granted, there is an extensive set of resources there, but that's because AE is such a deep and complex program. Without a foundation in the basics, you are going to just keep on being frustrated.

Exporting trimmed clips

Hi, how do I export a trimmed clip from a Premiere Elements project to another project or just to a folder on the hard drive? I have about 10 hours of raw footage (from a number of contributors) for a community video. I've captured it all on my 1.5 terrabyte external drive in one project. I would like to trim clips in that project before using them in the final edit, but I would like to create a separate project on another drive for the final edit. Hence the need to export trimmed clips. I think the huge volume of raw footage in the edit would be slow-loading and likely to freeze the computer. The raw footage is in .avi format. I have Premiere Elements 3, I'm using Windows XP-SP3, 3gb RAM 3.06gHz hyperthreading, Intel integrated graphics. Would be grateful for some advice.

Once you've trimmed your clip on your timeline, use Share/Computer to output the trimmed video.
For standard definition video, use Share/Computer/AVI with the appropriate DV preset.
For high-definition video, use Share/Computer/MPEG with the 1440x1080 30i (25i PAL) preset.
If you'd like to know more about the basics of the program, check out my free 8 part Basic Training tutorial series on Premiere Elements support site Muvipix.com.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/537685

Premier pro, can i save multiple trimmed clips in h264 to new files.

i have to reduce the size from 120gb to 20 gb by cutting out the unwanted but leave in seperate files.

You certainly can do this in Premiere by importing a clip, trimming it and exporting to whatever file type and quality you desire. However if that's all you're looking to do, it's like using a $200,000 Bentley to take your kid down the block when all you need is a wagon.
If you are on a Mac, Quicktime Player will allow you to trim clips and resave the trimmed version, and it's free as part of the OS.

PE10 archiver doesn't trim clips as advertised in their manual

can we sue adobe and get our money back for PE10 because archiver doesn't trim clips as advertised

Sorry. We are just fellow video editors and can not provide legal advice. But I doubt you can prove a lot of pain and suffering over one feature.
Where does it say the archiver will trim a clip -- and have you tried both archiver options?
Version 10 is, by the way, a year and a half old. If you purchased it from Adobe, did it take you this long to discover it didn't perform as you expected? Purchases directly from Adobe can usually be refunded within 30 days.

Interesting Observation and fix for crashing while moving / trimming clips

Since day one I have been plagued by STP crashing when I tried to trim clips or move them in time. Recently I noticed this only happens on projects sent to STP from FCP. New projects have never had this horrible symptom.
So I copied all the assets of a project to the clipboard and pasted them into a new empty document and the problem went away. I needed to tweak the positions of some of the automation anchor points but that was minor.
I just thought I'd share that with you folks. After this current project is complete I install FCP Studio 3 and the new STP. Maybe the bug is fixed in the new version.

Nice workaround. Thanks for sharing it!

Never figured out trimming clips with transitions. :)

I've gone through Ripple Training's training movies and read the manual and, for whatever reason, I can't figure out how to trim clips that have transitions on them. Once I apply a transition to the end of a clip, I can only edit the duration of the transition itself and I cannot click and drag to change the duration of the clip. What I end up doing is deleting the transition and then trimming and then reapplying the transition.
Ugh! Is this just me?!! LOL
Thank you for wasting your time on me.

You trim the transition duration by dragging here:
You ripple the edits by dragging the handles on either end of the transition bar:
You roll the edit by dragging the handle in the middle of the transition bar:

Premier pro cs5 saving multiple trimmed clips as indivdual files in format h264 mov, what is the quickest way to do it. i have 280 trimmed files.

premier pro cs5 saving multiple trimmed clips as indivdual files in format h264 mov, what is the quickest way to do it. i have 280 trimmed files.

Hello Ashraf,
Sorry you didn't get any help on this post. In the future, please contact Adobe Support for 1-1 assistance on issues like this: Contact Customer Care
Thanks,
Kevin

Trimming Clips (CS6)

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