newbie editing

ggrast wrote on 9/8/2011, 9:04 AM
I have about 30-40 tiny video clips, (AVCHD).
I want to cut out the unwanted bits (usually at the beginning and the ends). mute the sound and then join the 30-40 now shortened clips together.
Ok, I am a 'not too bright' newbie and I am baffled.
I drag a clip onto the time line, I play it and it runs. I select the beginning frame and end frame and split using 'edit' and then 'splt and 'delete'.
I delete the sound tracks completely (I thought!)
The shortened clip I now save with a different name. E.g. a 15 secs clip may have 2 secs removed from the start and three secs taken from the end.
I close everything down including Las Vegas, start up again call up my "new" ten secs clip.
Up it comes, but, lo and behold it has the original name, the original length and the sound is back.
Evidently I am not actually carrying out those editing tasks I sought to do.
Where am I going wrong?
All help most gratefully received

ggrast

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 9/8/2011, 10:46 AM
Well, whether or not the audio is actually removed depends on how you're removing it. Simply removing the sound tracks won't remove the sound necessarily. You need to break the clips into audio and video portions and then delete the audio (or select the option to add only the audio or only the video portion of each clip).

How the program performs with AVCHD depends on a couple of things. One of the most important is how your project is set up. When you started your new project, did you set it up for working with AVCHD footage and at the proper frame size and audio format? This is very important.

There is lots more to know. But if you want to get an idea of how to work the basics, you're welcome to check out my free 8-part Basic Training tutorials. They may clear up some of your fundamental issues.
http://Muvipix.com/vms11.php
Chienworks wrote on 9/8/2011, 11:21 AM
I would say that if what you bring up has the original name, then you're bringing up the original clip, not the new version you created. Perhaps it would be good if you explained to us what you do when you "save" the new version. File/Save has nothing to do with it at all. That merely saves your project, not the video clips. If you want to make a new version of the video clip then you'll have to Render it to a new file.

Generally though, there's no reason to do this. Trim the ends off the clips on the timeline and just use them that way as-is, without trying to create a new shortened clip. Vegas will only use the portion of the clip displayed on the timeline, no matter how much else is physically in the original file. The only reason to do this would be if you have lots of very large clips from which you never intend to use more than a few tiny cuts, and you're running out of hard drive space.
Kimberly wrote on 9/8/2011, 11:00 PM
ggrast:

VMS is easy to use . . . once you know how. If you are brand new to VMS and to NLEs in general, you need to know a few basics:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/trainingvids.asp?prod=moviestudio

Good luck and post back if you get stuck!