In the last video, you learned how to
tag selection ranges as favorites and
edit clips into the timeline.
In this lesson, we're going to take a look at
trimming clips in your timeline
to improve the story pacing.
We often think of trimming as removing something, like
trimming a hedge,
but in editing, the term can also refer to adding something,
like trimming a Christmas tree by adding ornaments.
We're going to shorten and/or lengthen our clips in the timeline
as the story dictates.
For example,
skimming over the Mitch Open Hangar clip,
it would be better if we saw the nose of the aircraft
after Mitch slides open the door.
Click to select the right side of the clip,
often called the tail of the clip.
A yellow bracket tells you it's selected.
Drag to the right, while watching the viewer.
In this instance, we're adding frames to the clip,
making it longer.
A tooltip appears under your pointer
showing you how many frames you're
adding as well as the adjusted clip duration.
Drag until you see the nose of the helicopter in the viewer,
then release the mouse.
Let's move to the next clip.
If we skim over the Liftoff clip, it's a bit too long.
We don't need to see the helicopter leave the frame completely.
Skim to the frame where we still see the skids of the aircraft,
then click in the gray area above the clip
to move the playhead to the skimmer position.
Click and drag the tail of the Liftoff clip
until it snaps to the playhead.
Skim a bit before the edit,
then press the spacebar to play back.
That edit works much better.
Let's undo that last step by pressing Command-Z.
Let's look at an even faster way to perform the edit.
Skim back over the tail of the clip
and set your playhead at the same frame as before.
From the Trim menu, choose Trim End
or press option-] (option-right bracket).
The tail of the clip is instantly trimmed
to the playhead position.
If we listen to the beginning of the interview clip,
we could hear Mitch say,
"Uhhhhh" to connect his thoughts.
Let's remove this.
Zoom in by pressing Command +
so you can better see the audio waveform.
From the Edit Tools pop-up,
select the Range selection tool,
then drag out a range over that section.
To remove it, press the Delete key and play back.
His delivery is much cleaner,
but because we also removed video
along with the audio,
he appears to jump slightly,
which is why this edit is often called a jump cut.
Let's hide this edit with another clip.
From the Tools menu, choose the Selection tool
or press A on your keyboard.
Press the Up Arrow key to move your playhead to the beginning of the interview clip.
In the Media Browser, locate the H5 Cabin clip.
Drag out a selection, and as you drag,
a tooltip appears, showing you the duration
of your selection.
Drag until the tooltip reads two seconds. (02:00)
We want to use the video portion of this clip,
but not the audio.
In the toolbar,
select the Edit Mode drop-down
and choose Video Only,
then click the Connect Edit button
to connect only the video
portion to your timeline.
Press the HOME key and play back what you've edited so far.
Excellent.
In the next lesson,
we'll begin working with our soundtrack.