dazzatron said:
Hi,
I would like to simply trim my source files before I import them.
How can I do this? Presumably I need an additional program because
Movie Maker doesn't allow this. If so which simple program would you
recommend? The reason I want to do this BTW is because I am working
with many heavy source file in one project and I cant keep them all
on my hard disk until publishing.
Thanx!
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Publishing? You must be running Vista? FWIW...this is a
Windows XP forum.
Anyway.....
Maybe I do not understand your question but Movie Maker
does allow video files to be trimmed and also split.
To...Trim...drag the Playback Indicator to the point where
you wish to trim and go to...Clip / 'Set Start Trim Point' or
'Set End Trim Point'. Or just place your pointer on the edge
of a clip until you see the double red arrow...then drag it.
Info on splitting:
"Splitting A Clip In MM2.1"
Drag the video/audio clip to the
Timeline.
Play the video/audio by clicking the
"Play" button under the view screen.
You will see the Playback Indicator
(vertical line) advancing across the
timeline.
Click the "Pause" button at the point
where you wish to split and type...
Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the
bottom of the view screen.
(you can also make adjustments by
dragging the Playback Indicator)
Make as many splits as you want and
remove the unwanted clips by right
click / delete.
And...Movie Maker 2.1 only displays every
other frame. In order to see all frames, the
following info from PapaJohn may be useful:
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Movie Maker 2 shows you every-other-frame
when doing project editing. MM1 and Movie
Maker in Vista show you each frame.
It's usually not a problem when skipping over
the in-between frames, but sometimes you
notice a flickering frame in a clip that is a 'stray',
and you can't see or cut it out.
If you apply the Slow - Down - Half video effect
to a clip in the timeline, you are then seeing
each frame rather than every other one. You
can see the problem frame and split it out.
Then remove the effect from the clip to return
it to normal.
--
J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer
Solutions that work for
me may not work for you
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