Trimming videos

Trim footage from the current video and save the edited copy in a new file.

Display a video full frame.
Pause the video on the new opening frame.
- Press the J button to start playback videos. Press 3 to pause.
- Your approximate position in the video can be ascertained from the video progress bar.
- Press 4 or 2 or rotate the command dials to locate the desired frame.
Press the i button, highlight [Trim video], and press 2.
Choose the start point.

To create a copy that begins from the current frame, highlight [Start point] and press J.
Confirm the new start point.
- If the desired frame is not currently displayed, press 4 or 2 to advance or rewind a frame at a time.
- Rotate the main command dial one stop to skip ahead or back 10 frames.
- Rotate the sub-command dial one stop to skip ahead or back 10 s.
Choose the end point.
- Press the A (g) button to switch to the end-point selection tool (x) and then select the closing frame (x) as described in Step 5.
Press 1 to create the copy.
Preview the copy.
- To preview the copy, highlight [Preview] and press J (to interrupt the preview and return to the save options menu, press 1).
- To abandon the current copy and return to Step 5, highlight [Cancel] and press J.
Choose a save option.
Choose [Save as new file] to save the edited copy as a new file. To replace the original video with the edited copy, choose [Overwrite existing file].
Save the copy.
Press J to save the copy.

The copy will not be saved if there is insufficient space available on the memory card.
Videos less than two seconds long cannot be edited using [Trim video].
Copies have the same time and date of creation as the original.

To remove only the closing footage from a video, choose [End point] in Step 4, press the J button, and proceed to Step 7 without pressing the A (g) button in Step 6.
To remove only the opening footage, proceed to Step 7 without pressing the A (g) button in Step 6.