Trimming Videos

Trim unwanted footage.

1. Display a video full frame.

2. Pause the video on the new opening frame.

   • Press J to start playback. 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.

   

3. Press the i button, highlight [Trim video], and press 2.

   

4. Choose the start point.

   To create a copy that begins from the current frame, highlight [Start point] and press J.

   

   

5. 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.

   

6. 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.

   

   

7. Press 1 to create the copy.

8. 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.

   

9. 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].

   

10. Save the copy.

    Press J to save the copy.