Trimming (Cropping) Clips

Trimming a clip involves setting its in and out points so that only part of the original source contributes to the clip.

Following are the different ways to trim a clip, depending on which method you prefer to use:

Interactive trimming
Trim commands
Clip commands
Time Control property editor

NoteWhen you change a compound clip's in/out frames, you are changing the "window" on the data within. Clips, or portions of the clips, inside the compound may not play back because their frames are outside the range.

Interactive Trimming

Interactive trimming enables you to increase the length of a clip, unlike the usual trimming using the Trim and Clip commands.

To trim interactively using the cursor

Select an action, shape, audio, or compound clip.
Press Alt+click the middle of either edge of a clip so that a white box appears, and then drag in either direction.

NoteOn Linux, Alt+click may not work if that combination is used by your window manager for another purpose. In these cases, you can modify your window manager to use a different combination. For more information, see Linux Systems and the Alt Key or consult the documentation for your window manager.

To trim multiple clips interactively, Shift or Ctrl+click them, press Alt, and then drag the edge of any clip.

To trim a clip using Trim commands

Select an action, shape, audio, or compound clip.
Move the playback cursor to where you want to trim the clip.
Do one of the following:
- Select a clip and then choose Clip Trim Before (or press [ ) or Trim After (or press ]) from the mixer's command bar to trim before or after the position of the playback cursor, respectively.
  
  or
- Right-click the clip you want to trim and choose Trim Before or After.
The tail end gets clipped with Trim After, and the head gets trimmed with Trim Before.

The clip's end is trimmed at the playback cursor's position using the Trim After command.

To trim a clip using Clip In and Out commands

Move the playback cursor to where you want to trim the clip.
Select a clip and then choose Edit Clip In at Current Frame or Clip Out at Current Frame from the mixer's command bar to set the clip's in and out points before or after the position of the playback cursor, respectively.

To trim a clip using the Time Control property editor

Display the Time Control property editor by right-clicking the clip and choosing Time Properties, or select a clip and press Ctrl+T.
In the Source Clipping box, set In to the first frame of the source action or audio you want to use in the clip and Out to the last frame.

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