Chapter 4. Trimming to Refine Clip Duration
Lesson Files | Lesson 4 Project |
Media | Monk and SeaWorld folders |
Time | This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. |
Goals | Understand trimming |
Trim using the Ripple tool | |
Trim clips in the Viewer | |
Trim an edit point by dragging | |
Trim clips in the V2 track | |
Extend an edit point | |
Trim using the Razor Blade tool | |
Trim one track of a linked clip |
After you’ve built a rough cut, as you’ve done in the past few lessons, you will want to turn your attention to refining your sequences. This refining process is called trimming, which simply means making adjustments to the duration and position of clips within a sequence.
In the next three lessons, you’ll pursue three goals that will help you refine your rough cut as you ...
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