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Trim Window

Select a movie in the Library, Workbench or Timeline and press CmdCommand-TT” (or press the Trim Trim” button at the bottom of the Library window) to open the Trim Window, which allows you to set a new In- and Outpoint as well as a new Posterframe Poster frame.

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  1. In-Point: Defines the in-point of a Video. Shows the current in-point. Go to in-point.

  2. Timecode: Shows the position of the CTI and shows the duration defined by in- and out-point.

  3. Out-Point: Defines the out-point of a Video. Shows the current out-point. Go to out-point.

  4. Viewer: Shows the video depending on the position of the CTI.

  5. Play Button: Play/Pause the movieVideo. You can also use the “J-K-L” control keys on your keyboard.

  6. Trimhandle In-Point: Move yellow trim the YELLOW (🟡)Trim handle to define the in-point.

  7. CTI: Shows the current time. Drag and scratch in the timeline to scrub through the movieVideo.

  8. Trimhandle Out-Point: Move the yellow trim Trim handle to define the out-point.

  9. Set Posterframe: Define the image which that is shown in the viewer as the poster Poster frame of the movieVideo.

  10. OK/Cancel: Click the “OK” button to take over the changes you made, otherwise click Cancel.

  11. Name of the Movie: Shows the name of the movie Video currently loaded in the Trim Editor

  12. Audio Preview: Toggle audio preview.

Info
  • Defining a new in/out-point and/or poster frame will write this information to the metadata XML sidecar file, which has the same name as the Video file. The sidecar files are stored in the same repository as the respective Video files.

  • The resulting length can be seen in the corresponding column of the Library.

Trim window shortcuts

ShortcutControl-jJ: If the player is stopped or playing, play backwards backward 1x, otherwise cycle between playing backwards backward at 2x/5x/10x/30x/60x
ShortcutControl-kK: Stop
ShortcutControl-lL: If the player is stopped or playing backwards, play forwards 1x, otherwise cycle between playing forwards at 2x/5x/10x/30x/60x

ShortcutControl-iI: Jump to the current in-point
ShortcutControl-altOption-iI: Set the in-point to the current time
ShortcutControl-oO: Jump to the current out-point
ShortcutControl-altOption-oO: Set the out-point to the current time

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