

A small icon of a red bracket with an arrow should appear. The first method can be achieved by selecting a clip on your timeline and moving your mouse to the side that you would like to trim. There are a multitude of ways to cut up your footage, so pick whichever one is the most comfortable for you. In most cases, you won’t want the entirety of an audio or video clip to be in your final product.

You can insert additional clips, choosing whether to insert between existing clips or to overwrite them in certain areas. For example, adding a regular video file should give you one video track and one audio track. You will see a number of video and audio tracks in the timeline, which allow you to layer different files. Drag any file into the timeline to start, and your first sequence will appear in the project panel.

Adding Files to the SequenceĪdding clips to a sequence is easy. This can help with footage that has a scene clapper, an intro, or just a small percentage of usable material. When you drag that file into your timeline, you will only see the section that you marked. What this will do is essentially crop a certain section of your footage. If you know there is a portion of a clip you won’t use, you can double-click the file in your project panel to view it in the Source Monitor, then use these tools to mark an in and out point. Before adding clips to the timeline, you are able to save some time by using the Mark In and Mark Out tools.
