I'm using the easy Trim feature of QuickTime to trim the heads and tails of the scenes I'll be importing. Tonight I'll be taking all 86 DVDs out from my vast film library and continue extracting and trimming the individual scenes I'll be using to place on the timeline. I began a 2 week vacation and I'm going to work on this project until it's completed, hopefully by 7 days from now if not sooner since there's nothing else I need do. I can't wait to use the Zoom feature knowing the Shift-Z combo will return the project to its present view status. I'll heed your warning to be observant as to the name of the project I'm actually working on by looking at the name of the project above the timeline as you indicated. I presume to use it, I'd need to double click it to load IT on the timeline, replacing whichever project that's there. I followed your advice and hope I'm careful enough to never actually need to use it but it's comforting to know it's there in case of emergency. Hi Luis, thanks for the tip about making a duplicate snapshot. Thanks to all who have and will come to my assistance. mov files I'll be using for later assemblage. mov files, I'll then use FCP to assemble them on a timeline placed in an order that coincides with the lyrics of a song, but until then, I just need to simply create the precisely trimmed individual. Perhaps when I'm done editing (trimming) my 86. I actually made the mistake of trying to use Final Cut Pro to do this work but I've learned from others on this Community as well as from my experience, that FCP was not designed for such simple editing tasks. Save the file and done, then on to the next file to edit. I realize each file must be acted upon twice, first to trim the head (the beginning), then again to trim the tail. There MUST be a very easy to use and inexpensive program out there that provides this absolutely simple and common editing procedure. I do not require a program that forces me to preserve the original file - I want to permanently edit the file so in the end, it contains only that center portion of the. I wish to be left with nothing but the short center portion of the file which may have originally been as long as 8 seconds, then after editing, reduced to between 2 to 5 seconds. I'm hoping some folks will kindly offer me their opinions/suggestions as to which program I should use that allows me to precisely select then permanently edit (trim off/remove) the first and last few seconds of a short.
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