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Cutting Clips

You can split a clip into two or more clips using the Cut command. When you cut a clip, you can retain the cut frames as head and tail frames (handles) on each resulting clip, creating a soft clip, or you can discard the frames. To retain cut frames, enable Soft Cuts in the Desktop Preferences menu.

In the Editing menu, click Cut to display the Cut menu.

(a) Cut Mode option box(b) Video/Audio box

The Cut Mode options are described as follows.

Select: | To cut the clip:
--- | ---
After Selected Frame | After the frame that you select when in Cut mode.
At Splices | At every soft splice that occurs on the clip.
Every Nth Frame | At the intervals that you specify in the numeric field that appears when you select this option.

To cut a clip after the selected frame:

1. Click Cut in the Editing menu.
2. Select After Selected Frame from the Cut Mode option box.
3. Select the frame before the place where you want to make the cut in the source clip.

   The clip is divided into two cuts after the selected frame. The frames in the second clip are renumbered starting at frame number 00001.

   Action: Select the source clip

   Result: The clip is cut between the third and fourth frames

To cut a clip at every Nth frame:

1. Click Cut in the Editing menu.
2. Select Every Nth Frame from the Cut Mode option box.
3. Enter the number of frames to be contained in each cut in the Frame Number field.
4. Select the source clip.

   The clip is cut into segments of the selected number of frames.

To cut a clip at its splices:

1. Click Cut in the Editing menu.
2. Select At Splices from the Cut Mode option box.
3. Select the source clip.

   The clip is cut into segments at every soft splice point. If the clip contained no soft splices, no cuts are made.

#### Topics in this section

- Cutting Dissolves and Timewarps
- Cutting Clips with Audio Tracks
- Cutting Clips Gesturally
- Cutting Audio Gesturally