How do I remove a few clips from the middle of a movie I am try to edit.

Trying wrote on 6/15/2015, 7:23 AM

Hi everyone, I have downloaded a trial of MEP Plus 2015 and Imported an mp4 fie.

I am using timeline view, and all I want to do is select a small piece and remove that from the movie.

I am not sure how to select the piece I wish to cut out, and this is what I have done so far.

I added a start bracket [ at the begining of the piece I wish to remove, and an end ] one at the end of the piece I wish to remove.

Yet no matter which of the cut options I use, the most I have acheived was to cut my movie clip in half, or delete the first or last part of it, or remove the whole scene / movie.

Could someone tell me how to correctly sellect the piece I wish to remove, and then how to remove that piece, and please include which selector tool I should use, ie, the arrow that selects objects, or the symbol that selects a whole track or what ever is correct.

Thank you kinldy for helping.

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browj2 wrote on 6/15/2015, 8:13 AM

Hi,

I presume that the manual works in the trial version. Press on F1. Select the search tab and search for "cutting." Read what it says. Look up "Trim" and read it. After cutting where you want, select the part to delete by clicking on it with the mouse. Press delete or to delete and close the gap, hold down Ctrl and press the Del key.

Trying wrote on 6/15/2015, 9:01 AM

Hi, thanks for the answer, I found another answer in another post, but I thank you for yours too, I followed the documentation and had no problem at all, very well written, Here is also a link showing a slightly easier way, in that it does not leave a gap in the timeline, but instead brings the two halves left over after the cutting together using less steps to acheive it.

hanks John C.B.

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I found this on this forum under the heading: Edit Frames, Link and content posted below.

http://www.magix.info/us/edit-frames.forum.1030102.html

In Timeline mode - position the timeline cursor at the approximate location of where you want to remove one or more frames.

Zoom the timeline using the + button bottom right of the timeline pane so you can distinguish individual frames.

Select the video object to be edited.

Move the timeline cursor to the beginning of the frame you want to remove and then press the T key to make a cut.

Move the timeline cursor to the end of the frame(s) you want to remove and press the Z key - this will delete the frame(s) and close the gap.

Note: the T and Z key presses assume you have the default key mapping set

HTH

John

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browj2 wrote on 6/15/2015, 9:35 AM

Glad you found a good reply.

These tools are explained in the manual under Shortcuts:

T - Split scene

Z - Remove scene start

U - Remove scene end

There are also tutorials available on the Magix.com site under the program that are quite good. And there are Tutorials under the Tutorials tab in the forum.

If you decide to buy MEP, I suggest that you get either the Plus or Premium version and not the basic version. You will quickly run into limitations with the basic version.

Trying wrote on 6/15/2015, 6:55 PM

Thanks, I will probably end up buying the plus version, as I do not have the computer power to use the effects bundled with the top version, which is a pity as I already realize their great value, and am not talking money.

I am delighted I stuck with this program, as in the beginning I hated it, I am completley new to video, and I thought the layout was horendus, but I already see the logic, like it more and more, had powerdirector last year, and it was easy to use, too easy, and also very problematic, feature rich?, but poor quality output, ok for internet, but too much trial and error and nothing good to show at the end. It took me 10 days, then another ten to get one simple answer, as to what codec they used for mp3 encoding, still got no answer a year later.

Regards, john

HarrierMan wrote on 9/2/2015, 12:00 PM

Hi, thanks for the answer, I found another answer in another post, but I thank you for yours too, I followed the documentation and had no problem at all, very well written, Here is also a link showing a slightly easier way, in that it does not leave a gap in the timeline, but instead brings the two halves left over after the cutting together using less steps to acheive it.

hanks John C.B.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I found this on this forum under the heading: Edit Frames, Link and content posted below.

http://www.magix.info/us/edit-frames.forum.1030102.html

In Timeline mode - position the timeline cursor at the approximate location of where you want to remove one or more frames.

Zoom the timeline using the + button bottom right of the timeline pane so you can distinguish individual frames.

Select the video object to be edited.

Move the timeline cursor to the beginning of the frame you want to remove and then press the T key to make a cut.

Move the timeline cursor to the end of the frame(s) you want to remove and press the Z key - this will delete the frame(s) and close the gap.

Note: the T and Z key presses assume you have the default key mapping set

HTH

John

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I am having exactly the same issue as the original poster. Unfortunately, I still haven't discovered what I'm doing wrong despite several hours of watching video clips and reading manuals and posts. I am in timeline mode, I move the brackets (on the line above the little still pictures that has an open padlock to its left) so that the scene I want to remove is in blue between the brackets and everything to either side is grey. I can confirm by clicking in [>] to play this scene that I want to remove. I then click on the little triangle at the bottom right of the razor blade to reveal more options and click on the Remove Scene option. As soon as I do, everything seems to disappear; there is no video in the preview window or on the timeline - I can press Play but nothing shows. Am very frustrated at the moment and like the original poster am hating the program at this stage. Can only hope my opinion will also change when I learn the secret.