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212 9. Video Layers

Making a Clip with Precision

For quick edits, you'll probably find typing in values for the Start Frame and
End Frame to be very useful. Have a 30 second clip, but only need 5
seconds of it? Just type in 10 and 15 then press ok. Your clip has now been
trimmed to 5 seconds long.

When you may need to be extremely precise with your edits, as mentioned
previously, there are several areas in the Trim Video Clip window that help
you determine very specific points in time.

With the Zoom slider, you can stretch out what you see in the Video
Timeline to show your clip in time increments as small as 1/10th of a
second. As you hover over the timeline, you'll be able to see each
individual frame of the video in the Preview.

When you find the right spot, set your marker, or go ahead and enter the
value in the Start and End Frame. For extreme precision, as you type in
10ths or 100ths of a second values, you'll even see the number of the frame
change as well.

Note: like the other editing features in ProShow, creating a clip of your
video will not change or alter the source video in any way. Making your
own clips is a completely non-destructive process. It doesn’t save changes
to the original video so you’re free to be as creative as you wish.

Using Clips of the Same Video

So what happens when you have one long video and you want to use
several different trimmed clips from that video in your show?

Not a problem! Simply go back to your Slide List and re-add the same,
original video as a new slide in your show. The process is exactly the same
as making the first trimmed clip. You’re simply creating a new clip that
features a different section of the original video .