A05 Trimming Edits Between Video Clips 2:31
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When you are working on your movie
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and an edit between two clips
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isn't the way you want it
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you can fine tune it
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to make it look perfect.
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This process is call trimming.
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When putting these movies together,
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we have a good clip of Isak
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jumping off the dock in to the water.
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‚ô™ Splash sound ‚ô™
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We also have another clip of him jumping off the dock later
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taken from a different angle.
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Notice how the sound of the splash
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is quiter in the second clip.
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‚ô™ Splash sound ‚ô™
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Lets trim these clips so they flow nicely togheter.
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First move the pointer over the second clip
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and choose Precision Editor from the pop-up menu.
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The precision editor pane appears below
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show you a magnified view of the transitions
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between the clip you click
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and the one before it.
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As you move the pointer along the gray area
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between the two film strips
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you can see the cut point
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that's for one clip ends and the other begins.
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The heighlight the filmstrips
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show the video in your project to plays before
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and after the cut point,
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and the shaded sections are the parts
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of the video clips that you recorded
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but didn't include in your initial edit.
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You can preview few seconds of each clip
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around the edit point
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by clicking the play button here.
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‚ô™ Splash sound ‚ô™
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To make a more precise edit for this splash
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move the pointer over the first clip
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until you get the exact point you want
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right after the highest point of Isak's jump
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and then clic.
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Do the same for the second clip.
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Find the poin where Isak is in the same relative position
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and click.
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iMovie create a new edit point for both clips
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which you can see by preview again.
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‚ô™ Splash sound ‚ô™
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Now that the edit looks better
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lets make the sound better.
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Click on the Audio Traks button
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to reveal the sound files
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that are associated with each video clips.
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As the first clip is closer to the splash
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we want use that sound for edit.
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To do this move the pointer over
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the blu audio edit line
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until it changes in the cross hair symbol.
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Click an drag the edit line
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until it include all the sound you want,
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and then release.
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When you will preview your edit now
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we had a better splash sound.
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‚ô™ Splash sound ‚ô™
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When you'r finish
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click done,
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and the changes are incorporated in to your project.
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With the advanced tools for making precise edits
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iMovie makes it easy to get profesional looking results.
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page revision: 16, last edited: 03 Oct 2009 21:54
