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Editing confusion
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:41 PM |
I'm a brand new user as of today. I have in the past used VirtualDub for basic home movie clip sharing, but it's a pretty quirky editor (it's not always exact).
Now...I feel like a little foolish asking, because I feel like I'm missing the obvious. I assumed the trim points were for editing portions out, not in. However, the section I try to delete (between trim points) is the only part of the clip that remains on the story board. Is that the way it's supposed to work? It seems counter-intuitive.
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Re: Editing confusion
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 03:24 PM |
I tried editing again, and thought it would be a good idea to post an example:
A) I start with a 21 second clip. I want to delete the middle section (7 second to 14 second mark).
B) I insert the clip onto the storyboard/ timeline. I click the "set start trim point" at 7 seconds and "set end trim point" at 14 seconds.
C) Now instead of deleting that section of the video, it's the only part remaining on the storyboard.
Any ideas?
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Re: Editing confusion
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 07:08 PM |
| yup, it's working exactly right... for Movie Maker. |
... my website isn't here... it's at www.papajohn.org
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Re: Editing confusion
Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:26 AM |
Thanks PapaJohn.
I think of all the stuff I've edited over the years (I was a broadcast radio guy for many years) and this way of editing requires re-training my brain...maybe it won't seem so arse backwards if I get used to it. Too bad, because for casual movie making it's otherwise a nice user-friendly utility. |
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