Importing individual scenes from videos

If you have a long video and want to use only a specific portion of it in your project, you can trim the clip before importing it. Trimming is a process in which you cut or remove a specific portion of a video to keep only the section you want for your project.

1. Select a file:

   • Double-click it in the Media Pool

   • Clicking the middle icon in the Media Pool
     (the icon appear as soon as the mouse pointer points to a file in the Media Pool).

   The file will load to the preview monitor and can be played back there using the transport controls.

2. Play back the selected file in the preview monitor and determine the range you want to use in the project.

3. Set the range edges (in point and out point):

   • Move the range edges by holding down the mouse button.

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   • Position the play marker above the transport control at the beginning of the range and click the "Set in point" button.

     

     Position the playback marker at the end of the range and click the "Set out point" button.

     

   - or -

   • Set the range edges with the keyboard shortcuts.

     • I = in point (range start)

     • O = out point (range end)

   NOTE You can also set the range edges with the keyboard during playback. This keyboard shortcut is especially useful when setting precise positions with the shuttle and jog wheel.

4. Click the button to play back the range (shortcut: #).to check the range.

   

   Result: The set range will be played back in the monitor.

5. Click on the image in the monitor and drag it into the track in the project window by holding down the mouse button.

   If you're not sure where you would like to use the section in the project, you can drag in into the project folder instead of the onto the track.

6. If you want to load several ranges from the same video file, repeat steps 3 and 4 until all desired ranges have been applied.

TIP You can also edit files that are located in the the project folder in the same way. A shortened file also contains information in the project folder about in and out points so that you don't always need to reset these in case the video needs to be re-imported at a later time. You can also drag each file directly from the Media Pool into the project folder.