Editing/Trimming-Can you delete portions??

G

Gogero

First time using Windows Movie Maker and I am hoping to delete portions of my
28 min clip but I am not sure I can do this with MovieMaker. Simply put I
would like to trim my movie by removing portions. But the clip trimming seems
to just allow me to keep the portion that I trim and not the opposite. Do you
follow what I am attemping to explain? Is there a way to just take out, for
example, five or more 2-minute portions or eliminate portions that I wish to?
Thanks and appreciate any clarification.-Gogero.
 
J

John Inzer

Gogero said:
First time using Windows Movie Maker and I am hoping to delete
portions of my 28 min clip but I am not sure I can do this with
MovieMaker. Simply put I would like to trim my movie by removing
portions. But the clip trimming seems to just allow me to keep the
portion that I trim and not the opposite. Do you follow what I am
attemping to explain? Is there a way to just take out, for example,
five or more 2-minute portions or eliminate portions that I wish to?
Thanks and appreciate any clarification.-Gogero.
===========================
Maybe something in the following
tutorial will work for you:

"Splitting A Clip In MM2.1"

Drag the video/audio clip to the
Timeline.

Play the video/audio by clicking the
"Play" button under the view screen.

You will see the Playback Indicator
(vertical line) advancing across the
timeline.

Click the "Pause" button at the point
where you wish to trim and type...
Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the
bottom of the view screen.
(you can also make adjustments by
dragging the Playback Indicator)

Make as many splits as you want and
remove the unwanted clips by right
click / delete.

And...Movie Maker 2.1 only displays every
other frame. In order to see all frames, the
following info from PapaJohn may be useful:

===

Movie Maker 2 shows you every-other-frame
when doing project editing. MM1 and Movie
Maker in Vista show you each frame.

It's usually not a problem when skipping over
the in-between frames, but sometimes you
notice a flickering frame in a clip that is a 'stray',
and you can't see or cut it out.

If you apply the Slow - Down - Half video effect
to a clip in the timeline, you are then seeing
each frame rather than every other one. You
can see the problem frame and split it out.
Then remove the effect from the clip to return
it to normal.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
P

PapaJohn

besides trimming you have the option of 'splitting' a clip and discarding
any of the segments...
 
W

wendynixon

Hi,
I've figured out the splitting part, but when I delete a clip, the movie
won't play anymore
 
W

wendynixon

Sorry 0 asking again so I can be notified of replies... When I delete
clips, the movie won't play anymore...
Wendy
 
P

PapaJohn

yes... deleting something means it's then not there. I don't understand your
situation.
 
J

John Inzer

wendynixon said:
Hi,
I've figured out the splitting part, but when I delete a clip, the
movie won't play anymore
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The portion that remains on the timeline should play...
If it does not play it may indicate the your source file
is not fully compatible with Movie Maker.

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm


--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 

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