Trimming video clips before editing.

Hi everyone,
I have searched around and can't seem to find what I'm looking for.
My computer was running very slow and running out of memory to export movies.
After speaking to a friend, he suggested trimming down the clips to the relevant sections then export them as much smaller clips ready for the real edit.
Is there a set procedure for trimming down clips or do you use the raw files to edit with?
I hope this all makes sense.
My PC setup is:
4GB RAM
Quad AMD
Onboard graphics card (next upgrade)
Win XP
I'm using Abobe Premiere Pro CS3.
Thanks in advance for your help.

you should do everything humanly possible to make the pc you now have as fast and "lean" as possible for editing. check out hardware section and browse subjects about hard drives and settings and so on.
I have a mousey computer but added an internal hard drive ( 2 internal now ) so programs are on C and media cache is on the other internal. Then I also got an external graid (firewire 800 for me, but if you can use esata thats even better ) and I now use that for my source files..
the thing is, the more you spread the load around the faster it is ( indexing off on all drives )..
check out the threads on hardware and 'best setups' for editing ...there are hundreds of threads...but you do that and it will help you a lot.  just have to do some reading and note taking and then work on the computer to do what you've learned.
after that...if you are still slow and having probs... you can load clips onto timeline one at a time.. and cut ( not trim but cut ) out what you want to use for editing and move those cuts up one video level ( you can cut and then copy paste so your original video clip stays complete in terms of having all the clip there )
use a new sequence for each LARGE CLIP ( eg. one hour clip from tape ?? )..and keep track of everything by naming the sequences well etc...
Then you can create a "final" sequence and move all your CUTS into that... into say for example video 2...
now scrub through stuff and bring what you want down to video level 1 which will be your final edit...
turn off all video and sound in sequences you're not currently using ( after you get done with cuts there ).
I only edit SD as I cant do more than a few minutes of HD before this mouse starts to gasp....fact of life... so if you have to , downscale your hd stuff to SD ( 16: 9 ) and edit THAT instead of HD.
hope this helps...

Similar Messages

  • Can Bridge trim video clips?

    I know Bridge can be used to view and rate video clips, but can it also be used to trim video clips down and then export the shortened clips? 

    Bridge is just a file browser.  It doesn't open or edit anything in any form.
    It just hands the files to the appropriate application, whether this be Photoshop, Adobe Camera Raw, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Word, or whatever.

  • No audio on playback of imported mpg2 video clip while editing

    I was assisted yesterday by your technical support team to install the photoshop elements 12 & premiere elements 12 which I purchased e few minutes prior.
    while trying to work with the premiere elements 12, I realised that I have no audio  on playback of imported mpg2 video clip while editing.
    How can I solve this audio setting problem?
    <moved from downloading,installing,setting up - kglad>

    dovsolomon
    The Adobe Premiere Elements Forum is not Adobe. Just Premiere Elements users trying to help other Premiere Elements users with their Premiere Elements worksflows. If you need to re-contact Adobe, then please do so via the route that you used previously to contact it.
    If you want us to help you here then please continue reading....
    What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 12 running on?
    Is the lack of audio in the Editing area of the program confined to this one particular MPG2 video clip?
    What are the properties of this video file? If you do not know
    a. perhaps the brand/model/settings of the camera that recorded the video might give us the information we need for troubleshooting
    b. if not, consider getting that information from MediaInfo (Tree View)
    MediaInfo - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com
    Just watch out for carry alongs in the download. The link is for the Windows version. A Mac version is available.
    Did you discover the loss of audio for the video file after you had created a narration clip with the program's Narration Tool?
    If you have not already, please check the settings under Edit Menu/Preferences/Audio Hardware and its ASIO settings (including Input and Output enablement).
    Please review, consider, and reply to the above. If you have questions or need clarification on any of the above, please do not hesitate to ask.
    Thank you.
    ATR

  • How do I trim video clips in Quicktime Player?  The "trim" function under the edit menu is gray and won't do anything.

    I am trying to edit video clips from about two yesrs worth of video for an iMovie.  I don't want to load all of the clips into a new event because it would be hours worth of video.  I don't even know if iMovie could handle it.  I have tried to use Quicktime Player to do this, but the "trim" function under the edit menu is gray and won't let me do anything.  What can I do?

    Thank you so much!
    It works!
    I used this code...
    videoDisplay.addEventListener(VideoEvent.COMPLETE, videoCompleteHandler);
    private function videoCompleteHandler(event:VideoEvent):void {
         hideVideo();
    private function hideVideo():void {
         this.visible = false;
         this.includeInLayout = false;
    I have a follow up question...
    What is the syntax to target the video player from a different component to add an event listener to a button in the Sharing Widget called Back to Video?
    Thanks!!
    DK

  • A first step: Editing video clips before using them in a longer video?

    I am an absolute beginner.  I have purchased Premiere Elements 7 and I bought the Premiere Bible and am reading that.
    My question is, Premiere seems to be software designed primarily to help you make a video production by joining together video clips, sound clips, and photos.  Is there a step before this, though, namely editing the clips as they come out of your camera?
    I've been using PhotoShop for years, and typically when I take a still photo I open it in PhotoShop and adjust saturation, brightness, sharpness, maybe white balance, rotate if needed, etc.
    Is there another piece of software designed to help do this kind of basic editing to a single video clip?  For example, if the clip came out too dark, is there a way to brighten things up?
    I'd really appreciate any answers, and if there is a book or article you could suggest about editing video clips I would appreciate the recommendation!

    Stephen,
    First, welcome to the forum.
    Next, and this does depend on your camera, you Capture your video from the camera, using a Preset for your Project, that matches the material from your camera.
    Now comes the "RAW conversion," though I am using that term VERY loosely. Many people will do basically a pre-edit, by Dbl-clicking the Captured Video in the Project Panel. This opens it in the Source Monitor, where one sets  the In and Out Points, basically doing a loose edit of the scenes. The Clip in the Source Monitor can then be dragged to the Timeline. Each is done this way, until they all appear, in the order that you want, on the Timeline. Note: you can drag from the Project Panel, and do this in the Timeline too. Also note: when you play the Timeline, you are now looking at the Program Monitor.
    At this stage, one touches up the edits, and adds any desired Effects.
    Usually last is any Audio work, like adjusting the Clip's Audio, or adding Narration, and/or Soundtrack.
    Export/Share is the final step and one can choose their delivery format.
    The exact workflow is a bit different than processing an image in PS, but not totally alien.
    Good luck,
    Hunt

  • Cannot align/trim video clips

    I've been trying for the better part of a day to figure out how to precisely align and trim two video clips, but have had no luck. I grew up using Windows Movie Maker quite a bit to edit videos (covers of songs, so they all involve starting with a title slide, fading into a video, and syncing the whole video with a prerecorded audio track),  and what I thought would be universal in video editing programs doesn't seem to work the way I thought.
    The main problem I am having is the inability to arrange and edit multiple video clips in a linear fashion. For example, if I have clip A, a few seconds of video with the title of the movie, and clip B, the actual video, I cannot seem to precisely edit the two together. In the background is an audio track, so the video has to be synced with the audio. Problem is, I can't just trim either clip A or clip B by a few frames to get it to sync. If I get the clip of the performance in sync with the audio, inserting a title slide pushes the rest of the video to the side, rather than just overtaking the performance video.
    I should also mention that I have another video in the picture-in-picture (rhythm guitar track, lead guitar track), so the two need to be perfectly in sync.
    I tried to get around this by cutting the clips to the same length. Each of my two clips that I try to align are 00:03:51:06. I thought that by doing this, I could drag the main video to the timeline, and then insert the picture-in-picture video on top of it so that they would be in sync. iMovie doesn't seem to want to align the two clips even though they are the same length, and not being able to precisely edit them is making it so that I can't align them properly.
    I know this is a basic movie editing program and I may be expecting too much of iMovie, but is there something I'm missing here that's preventing me from making clean edits?

    OK I see the problem,
    I've made some videoclips in the past (barbershop quartet), and have to admit that iMovie is limited.
    As I'm from Holland, it's hard to me to give you an exact advise of what is and isn't possible in English (as all my menu's are in Dutch and not English), as it's also depends on what kind of footage you have and what you're trying to achieve. The only thing I can help you with is point out some directions you could dig into:
    1. You may study the function of beatmarkers and all the possibilities to synchronize music to clips/beatmarkers.
    2. As I mentiond earlier you can possible combine that with thwe functionalitty of the precisoon editor, you can make precis edits as wel for vidoe and audio (put apperntly you already studied that.
    3. For the picture in picture there is no solution (as far as I know). You might experiment with "cutaway" and/or "next to each other" when it comes to inserting clips.
    4. For the production of videopodcasts I used Garageband for fine tuning voice-overs and background music. In Garageband it is possible to make very precise edits on imported video tracks. I asume Logic has similar functionallity. This means you perhaps have to move back and forward video/audio from iMovie to Garageband (or Logic) and visa versa.
    If that is all to much of a hassle (which I can imagine) perhaps Final Cut Pro X is you're only option.
    Succes, sorry I cann't help you further.
    Ben

  • How can I export trimmed video clips from iPhoto?

    I have video clips from a kid's sporting event that I need to send to other parents on the team. I've got 73 clips that have been loaded from an SD card, and I've trimmed the length on about half of them.
    I'm trying to figure out the best way to export them from iPhoto. When I select 'Original', I get the full-size files, but they're not trimmed. I can drag and drop the clips from iPhoto to a folder, and I do get files that are trimmed correctly, but they're very small (around 12K), so I'm guessing that they link to files on my own hard drive, and won't work if I send them to somebody else.
    I am guessing that I could fix the problem manually by making a list of videos that I trimmed, opening each one of the 12K files files in QT Player, and saving that movie. This creates a full-size movie file which is the right file size for the trimmed portion. However, I'd like to be able to do all of this in a single batch operation. Is there a solution for this?

    You can't. Trimming inside iPhoto stays inside iPhoto. (Does that have a familiar ring to it?)  All trimming must be done outside of iPhoto with Quicktime Player.  So export the clips to a folder on the Desktop and do the trimming there.
    OT

  • Narration does not stay with video clips when editing

    I have been working on a large video project in PE7. I just finished adding approximately 100 narrations at various points in various clips. I then inserted a video clip that was missing and all the narrations seems to have shifted and are no longer in sync with the video clips. Any suggestions before and go to the timeline and move each clip?

    If you inserted a clip, the timeline is designed to "ripple" or move over to allow for the clip.
    If you don't want the timeline to ripple as you add new clips, hold down the Ctrl key as you add your clips.

  • Trimming video clips and "lightening them up."

    Hi, if anyone can answer this for me, I'd appreciate it!
    I've got a 14GB video clip in a iMovie file, and I want to cut and paste a small part of it into another file. When I try, the small clip still appears to be 14 GB and would take 130 minutes to paste into the new file. Is there any way to lighten up these clips so they can be moved quicker? I'm using a new MacBookPro.
    Thanks for your time and help.
    Stefano
    Italy

    I take it video quality will remain the same. I'll try it out right away.
    .. it should be the same as done with copy/paste...
    post us some feedback...

  • Trimming Clips Before Editing

    I know how to shorten clips in Premiere when working on a project.
    However, I have lots of clips saved to my computer that are way too long. For future viewing purposes, I would like to trim them down so that I don't have to view all the non singnificant parts when I go back to review the footage.
    Example: I have a 5 minute clip and only want to save 20 seconds worth of footage.
    Is there a way I can trim the bad parts out and save the good parts to my computer without having to import and export into a software program? I don't want to lose any quality.

    In Quicktime Player Pro, you can trim movies and then save the trimmed version without recompressing or losing quality.
    I'd been told that if you export from Ae or Pr using the same as source codec and dimensions, etc., there is no loss in quality.  However, I saw a test debunking this once, where the tester exported this way, imported the exported clip, and repeated the process 10 times.  The "10th generation" was inferior, which is easy to see when you stack the two versions and put the higher one in DIFFERENCE mode.  This was using a codec, of course.  If the original source was uncompressed, then all succeding generations should be the same.  But, how often do people get uncompressed footage?  Hardly ever, unless it's from that Convergent Gemini gizmo or a RAID connected to a high end camera, like a Viper or Genesis.

  • Converting video clips already edited in timeline?

    Hey guys, excuse my noobiness, I am in fact one.
    I recently have learned that before importing my footage from my canon g20 into FCPX it's best to convert the files to .mov. first of all, is that correct?
    assuming it is i got the brorsoft video converter for mac which i havent used yet, but from what i gather it's pretty easy to import files from my camera into there, then export them as .mov files to make it easier for FCPX to work with them. Let me know if all that is correct.
    Now, onto the main question. Before i learned to convert files upon import I already started a lengthy project in FCPX. It's full of very quick hard edits and cuts, as well as TONS of sped up shots. I haven't exported the project yet, but all the shot that were sped up to 4x or 8x playback very very choppy in FCPX.
    My questions are, should i assume that the sped up shots are choppy because the files weren't converted before import?
    Will it playback as it's supposed to after i export it? meaning is it only playing back choppy because i'm veiwing it in the timeline, and when exporting it will fully render to playback smoothly?
    Lastly, if i need to, can i convert the edited files in my timeline? So, if the reason its not playing back smoothly is because the files weren't converted, can i do that now? even though the whole piece is edited and sync'd to music.
    let me know, if you could help me out at all as, like i said, I'm very new to this. I also have 2 projects that I'm waiting to start until I can figure out the best way to get the best quality and best playback before starting them.
    late '12 imac 27"
    3.4 i7
    32gb RAM
    3tb fusion
    680 2gb video card
    THANK YOU

    its rendering now, we'll see. I really appreciate your help Tom, thank you.
    as i mentioned earlier, i got some software called "video converter" for mac by a company brorsoft. I can import whatever the file type is off the canon g20 (still unsure what file type it is exactly) and then export it as any file type i want.
    Is there an ideal file type i should be using when importing to FCPX? prores? .mov? mp4? I have no clue what works best without sacrificing video quality.
    and the original question was since i already imported video for a project, which i edited, fine tuned, and is complete just the way i want it, can i convert the clips that are already in the timeline without messing up all my edits, trasitions, etc..? do i even need to do that?
    also, when i export the master file, does it somehow render the project even further to where it will look different than whats playing in my timeline now? when doing so, whats the highest resultion (what file type) i can do for a youtube upload?

  • Imovie - how to import MP4 video clip for editing ? Wont drag and Drop ; using OSX on macbook

    the Video just flies back onto desktop.

    It should only have to do the full search the first time. From then on it should be quick.
    Since yours is not, I would suspect that iMovie is not able to write the results of the search, so the next time it has to start from scratch. This could be a permissions issue.
    Go to Disk Utility and try to repair permissions on your main hard disk.
    You might also try trashing preferences. (Details here - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061 )

  • Please help me with this urgent viewing and editing question for a long video clip.

    Hi, I have never used this software before and when I imported a 2 hours and 12 minute video clip of my sister's wedding into the system and added it as one sequence into the program it would only allow me to watch and edit the first 2 minutes.
    Why is that and how can I rectify this so that I can watch and edit the whole clip?
    Also, can such a long video clip be edited by trimming it and creating transitions where I see fit?
    Thanks so much for your advice as I am feeling really stuck right now.
    Becky

    First, the tutorial list in message #3 http://forums.adobe.com/message/2276578 may help
    2nd, More information needed for someone to help... please click below and provide the requested information
    -Information FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840
    3rd, did you do the below to be sure your project is correct?
    See 2nd post for picture of NEW ITEM process http://forums.adobe.com/message/3776153
    -and a FAQ on sequence setting http://forums.adobe.com/message/3804341

  • Crashes, graphics glitches, and more crashes when editing video clips

    Can't for the life of me figure out why PE keeps crashing on me, so I'm here for help.
    My system consists of a i7-970 hexacore, 6GB ram, 1x 500GB os drive, 3x500gb raid 0 drives (this is where my video clips are stored), 2x GeForce GTX460 video cards.
    OS is Windows 7 Profressional 64 bit.
    The video files I work with are generally in the 50-200GB size.
    A little background - the videos that I am working with are recordings from Battlefield Bad Company 2 that I have recorded with some capture software called Dxtory.
    I record at 1920x1080 at 60 FPS to avi files.  The avi files are using the "xtor" codec (Dxtory's own codec)
    [ISFT]    DxtoryCore ver2.0.0.101
    [ISRC]    Video:YUV420 Audio:Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
    Audio is PCM 192000Hz recorded in stereo.
    Let me start by saying I have not had trouble with this before until I started recording the videos at 60 FPS.  30 FPS worked ok (some crashes here and there, but they were bearable), but the frequent crashes started happening when I started working with the 60 FPS videos, done mainly so I could play around with slowing the clips down, etc.
    Sometimes I can open and edit clips just fine.
    Recently, a project that I'm working on is crashing when I try putting two different clips from different files together on the time line.  I managed to get it to work once, and saved the project after that.  Then, PE crashed randomly and when trying to reopen the project, it just crashes and won't let me get any further.
    I should mention the graphics glitches as well - occasionally (especially when previewing video clips before adding them to the timeline) after I close the preview window, the graphics in PE will glitch out, causing random lines to appear in certain areas, graphics to stack on top of eachother and freeze up, and sometimes I can click on the "play" button in the main project window and hear everything start playing, but the graphics are completely screwed up to the point where I can't view the video or hit the pause button.
    All of my computer hardware is fine, all drivers, and PE, are up to date.
    Can someone please help me figure out what is going on?  I'll be happy to provide any more information that might help out.

    The most likely issue is the codec that your program is using the create your video. It's apparently not compatible with Premiere Elements.
    This often happens also when people try to record their on-screen video with FRAPS.
    You'll see lots of discussions on this issue in the Premiere Pro forum. However, it's even more pronounced in Premiere Elements, which is designed to work almost exclusively with camcorder video.
    Some video programs are a little more versatile with this type of video. Some people have found Corell's Video Studio better at handling these non-traditonal formats.
    But I did a Google search on Dxtory editing and couldn't find any information on it.
    Sorry I can't offer a solution. But I can pretty much assure you that Premiere Elements isn't it. sorry.

  • Locking Sound Files to Video Clips

    Hello,
    This is the problem that I am ecountering. If I'm working on a project and I delete the recorded sound from the video clips and then insert something from itunes but later change the video clips slightly (say by deleting a few seconds here or there) then all my sound files are not in the correct positions any longer.
    Is there any way to lock sound files to the video clips so that if I delete something in a video clip later on that the sound file will move with the earlier video clips?
    I hope I'm making myself clear. Sorry if I am not.
    Thanks.

    Working with locked audio clips can be frustrating. I've noticed for several years that I've used iMovie. It seems if you change the length of the video clip BEFORE a section where you have locked audio clips to the video those "locked" positions do not stay. You will see the yellow pins out of line.
    I am finding this helpful in my situation if I need to edit video before a section of locked clips.
    - In timeline view drag the first video clip to the right, (in the section of locked clips) thus creating a black space.
    - Do your editing that you need to before this black space
    - Now when you go back to the section with the locked audio clips. If you have changed the length of the video before this section you will find the yellow pins out of line.
    - However start dragging that first video clip a bit to the left (shortening the black space) and you should see the yellow pins pop back in alignment.
    - If needed select all the video clips in your section (using shift-click on the first clip and shift click on the last clip) and then drag all back into position (removing the black space)
    This may be a work around for those trying to edit and keep those locked clips truly in place. Maybe someone has further insight on this.

Maybe you are looking for