Trimming

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[00:00:00] welcome to this Premiere Pro tutorial on

[00:00:00] trimming I'm Louisa Winters

[00:00:00] let's start by opening the project

[00:00:00] called zero four trimming this is

[00:00:00] included with your project files if you

[00:00:00] have not downloaded these please go

[00:00:00] ahead and do so now

[00:00:00] now that we have the project to open

[00:00:00] let's switch to the editing workspace

[00:00:00] for this click on the workspace switcher

[00:00:00] button and choose editing if you are

[00:00:00] already on the editing workspace you can

[00:00:00] click on the button again and choose

[00:00:00] reset to save the layout

[00:00:00] let's play a little bit of this timeline

[00:00:00] let's unlock the audio track on unmute

[00:00:00] the audio by clicking on this lock icon

[00:00:00] and then this m icon

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[00:00:00] we have arrived at this point in the

[00:00:00] edit because we have edited this piece

[00:00:00] in previous movies if you missed one of

[00:00:00] the movies please go back and watch it

[00:00:00] and you'll be caught up in no time

[00:00:00] we will further improve the piece by

[00:00:00] fine-tuning the edit and framing a few

[00:00:00] shots the first thing I'd like to do is

[00:00:00] work with trimming trimming a clip but

[00:00:00] what does that mean what is trimming

[00:00:00] trimming usually means adjusting the in

[00:00:00] and out of a clip so it could mean

[00:00:00] making a clip shorter by cutting the end

[00:00:00] or the beginning or it could mean to

[00:00:00] make a clip longer by making the clips

[00:00:00] start later and or end later

[00:00:00] let's place the playhead right on the

[00:00:00] first cut which is time code 401

[00:00:00] for that let's use the up or down arrows

[00:00:00] until the playhead is where we need it

[00:00:00] now let's use the keyboard shortcut of

[00:00:00] shift T to enable trim mode

[00:00:00] you can see that the program monitor now

[00:00:00] has two screens the left side represents

[00:00:00] the clip on the left and the right side

[00:00:00] represents the clip on the right

[00:00:00] depending on where we put the mouse

[00:00:00] cursor it changes display and it affects

[00:00:00] that clip

[00:00:00] for this edit we need to ensure a little

[00:00:00] better continuity between the clips you

[00:00:00] can see that the clip on the left and

[00:00:00] the clip on the right don't quite agree

[00:00:00] with the positioning of the elements

[00:00:00] so let's position our mouse cursor on

[00:00:00] the right clip click and drag to the

[00:00:00] right until this displays agrees with

[00:00:00] the one on the left pretty easy right

[00:00:00] notice that as we changed this edit the

[00:00:00] program became shorter this is called a

[00:00:00] ripple edit because any changes we make

[00:00:00] Ripple to the end of the program if we

[00:00:00] make the clip shorter the whole program

[00:00:00] becomes shorter notice that the tool

[00:00:00] itself is yellow when it is a ripple

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[00:00:00] however if I position the cursor in

[00:00:00] between the two clips the display of the

[00:00:00] tool changes and it's now red and it has

[00:00:00] these double arrows this is my visual

[00:00:00] indication that this is now the rolling

[00:00:00] edit tool and I can affect both the end

[00:00:00] of the clip on the left and the

[00:00:00] beginning of the clip on the right at

[00:00:00] the same time and this edit will not

[00:00:00] change the duration of the program we

[00:00:00] can use this tool to affect where the

[00:00:00] edit happens without affecting the other

[00:00:00] edits

[00:00:00] let's play this edit now

[00:00:00] see much better

[00:00:00] and notice that we exited the trim mode

[00:00:00] automatically and went back to a regular

[00:00:00] view of the program monitor these tools

[00:00:00] the Ripple and rolling edit tools are

[00:00:00] available for you to use outside of the

[00:00:00] trim mode you can find them here in the

[00:00:00] tools panel

[00:00:00] now let's go to the second cut from the

[00:00:00] end which is time code 3508

[00:00:00] use the down arrow for this

[00:00:00] now select the third clip from the end

[00:00:00] let's zoom in so we can see this a

[00:00:00] little bit better

[00:00:00] to zoom in use the plus key

[00:00:00] now let's switch to the slip tool and

[00:00:00] change where this clip starts and ends

[00:00:00] without changing the duration of the

[00:00:00] clip

[00:00:00] the slip tool is a very useful tool it

[00:00:00] can make your editing much faster and

[00:00:00] comfortable if we want for this clip to

[00:00:00] start one second earlier or later but do

[00:00:00] not want to change where the clip is in

[00:00:00] the timeline or how long the clip plays

[00:00:00] for then this is the perfect tool so

[00:00:00] we're changing where the clip starts and

[00:00:00] ends but we are not changing the

[00:00:00] duration of the clip or where it is in

[00:00:00] the timeline

[00:00:00] let's choose the slip tool by clicking

[00:00:00] on the tool or simply use the shortcut

[00:00:00] which is the letter Y

[00:00:00] now let's make this clip start one

[00:00:00] second earlier see the numbers on the

[00:00:00] program monitor these are telling you by

[00:00:00] how much you are adjusting the clip

[00:00:00] if we want for the clip to start one

[00:00:00] second earlier then we can see the

[00:00:00] numbers change as we click and drag the

[00:00:00] tool on the clip to the right and once

[00:00:00] this number is plus one zero zero we're

[00:00:00] done the clip now starts one second

[00:00:00] earlier

[00:00:00] notice that the duration of the program

[00:00:00] stays the same and the clip is in the

[00:00:00] same location as it was before

[00:00:00] this clip simply starts and ends one

[00:00:00] second earlier than before

[00:00:00] on your own try these tools with other

[00:00:00] Clips in this timeline and remember that

[00:00:00] if you change something and then don't

[00:00:00] like it you can always undo the shortcut

[00:00:00] for undo is Ctrl Z for Windows and

[00:00:00] command Z for the Mac

[00:00:00] let's zoom out for that press the minus

[00:00:00] key a couple of times so that we can see

[00:00:00] all of the clips

[00:00:00] now let's use the selection tool that is

[00:00:00] this Arrow here you can click on the

[00:00:00] tool itself or you can use the keyboard

[00:00:00] shortcut which is the letter V as in

[00:00:00] Victor

[00:00:00] let's move the playhead and place it on

[00:00:00] top of the last clip

[00:00:00] with the playhead here you can now

[00:00:00] double click on the program Monitor and

[00:00:00] you will see these control points you

[00:00:00] can now click and drag to reposition the

[00:00:00] clip or rotate or resize all here in the

[00:00:00] program monitor

[00:00:00] now let's move this clip a little bit to

[00:00:00] the left

[00:00:00] if you are showing the transparency grid

[00:00:00] and you'd like to hide it click on the

[00:00:00] wrench and choose transparency Grid in

[00:00:00] my case I'm not showing it so I won't

[00:00:00] click on it

[00:00:00] now let's go to the effect controls

[00:00:00] panel and make sure that the position of

[00:00:00] the clip is 390 for the x value and 540

[00:00:00] for the Y value

[00:00:00] we can type the numbers by clicking on

[00:00:00] them and then typing

[00:00:00] in another movie we will create a soft

[00:00:00] transition to merge the image to the

[00:00:00] black background

[00:00:00] this brings us to the end of this video

[00:00:00] about trimming in Premiere Pro

[00:00:00] I'm Louisa Winters thank you for

[00:00:00] watching and see you next time

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