How can I easily trim 1 second off all clips

ozza wrote on 7/29/2010, 11:06 AM

Hi Guys, returning to the video editing scene after some time and find each video clip from my now digital cameras ( AVCHD ) have a sound delay and click at the start and sometimes end. As I do some editing in camera when shooting, I have to initialy remove a second from each end of clip after importing, before detailed editing. Wondering if VMS 10 had a way to trim multiple clips to quickly remove a second from each end ?
My previous cameras used Mini DV tape which was seamless between clips when camera paused.

Regards Nick..

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jetdv wrote on 7/29/2010, 12:41 PM

That should change the SPEED of all clips, not trim them.

musicvid10 wrote on 7/29/2010, 1:20 PM

WOOPS!
I should know better than to post from memory. Message deleted.

ozza wrote on 7/30/2010, 3:10 AM

Doh.. thought you had cracked it for me then.

jetdv wrote on 7/30/2010, 6:14 AM

To be honest, in Movie Studio, there is no "easy" method. You really have to just do them one at a time. In the Pro version, it's very simple and can be done with a single click when using a script designed for this purpose.

ozza wrote on 7/30/2010, 8:15 AM

OK guys, thanks for the info. I don`t have Pro version so its a no go with VMS.
Maybe I will find a batch converter (.AVI files) which has an option for this. Just thinking ahead - only had VMS a couple of weeks..

Regards..

Nick.

Editguy43 wrote on 7/30/2010, 9:52 AM

I know that this is not what you want to hear but yes you will have to do it 1 clip at a time but there is a very accurate way to do it. It is called edge trimming; check it out in your help file.

Basically you enter the mode by pressing the either [ ] bracket key, the right one takes you to the end of the clip and the left one takes you to the start of the clip, it will show on the clip as a red bracket around the end or start of the clip, (depending on which bracket you pressed).

So to trim time off the end you press the right bracket key ] to go to the end then the 1 key on the keypad you will notice a small arrow and a number above your cursor line that indicates how many frames you are trimming 30 frames = 1 sec so continue to press (or hold down the key and it will continue to move) the 1 key till the number says -1.00 and that is one second trimmed.

Hope that helps
Paul B

ozza wrote on 7/30/2010, 10:21 AM

Hi Paul, now that sounds a practical way to do it manually - keyboard short cuts make repetitious work much easier.
I will give it a go asap..

Thank you..

Nick.

Byron K wrote on 7/30/2010, 10:38 AM

You can trim up to 10 video events at the same time.
-Place each video event on a separate track. (In Pro this is a little easier because you can R/click and drag all the events and select "add across tracks")
-line up the beginning of each event,
-place the cursor at the point where you want to clip all the events
-select all the events (click 1st event, hold Shift key and click last event)
-press "s"

Do the same thing to the end of each event.

If you have more than 10 events, just move all the trimmed clips to one track now you can trim up to 9 events. Repeat as necessary.

TIP:
You can use markers to make the process a little more efficient.
-Place a marker where you want all the events to line up
-Place a 2nd marker where you want to split the events

ozza wrote on 7/31/2010, 3:00 AM

Hi Byron, another time saving tip - will see how I get on..

Thanks.

Nick.

ozza wrote on 8/1/2010, 2:27 AM

Hi all, many thanks for your suggestions. After some fiddling, the idea from Paul B using the `[ ]` keys seems to be the most effective (would be even quicker if you could customise the increments on the 1 and 3 keys ;-)

I have found one of my cameras ( Panasonic FZ38 ) only needs a trim correction at the clips start. The full HD Samsung has a glitch at both ends !

Thanks.. Nick.