Trim and split
Trim a clip by its edges, split it at the playhead, and nudge it by keys.
Drag a clip's edge on the Video row to trim it; drag its body to move it. Press Split in the timeline toolbar to cut the footage at the playhead into two clips.
Right-click the footage for the same and more.
- Split at playhead splits where the playhead stands; Split here splits under the pointer.
- Cut from the clip before makes the join with the previous clip a hard cut; Push from the clip before makes it a push. See Add footage and transitions.
- Cover here makes this frame the take's cover.
- Delete removes the clip, as
⌫does.
← and → nudge the selected clip by 0.05 s, or 0.5 s with ⇧; , and
. nudge one frame, or ten with ⇧.
Selecting a clip opens the Recording panel. With no transition set it says what a clip can do: trim its edges, split it at the playhead, or drag a range for the chips, and freeze a frame with the Freeze verb. To take a stretch out of the middle, drag across it and press the Cut chip; see Range chips.