I'm not able to actually "Remove" parts of a video

rlgrim wrote on 2/21/2013, 6:25 PM

I have checked the Internet, YouTube, and this forum, but cannot find anything that answers my question.

 

I'm using Movie Edit Pro 2013

I'm puting together a video with sound and graphics

--I add a video clip that has a portion, or portions, I need for my video

----I isolate the portion(s) I need to keep,

------I use the razor icon to Split, Remove Start, or Remove End

--------The unwatned portion(s) does indeed appear to be "removed" from the original clip

I should be able to confidently conlude that  what I Split (and deleted) or Remove Start, or Remove End are, indeed no longer in my video.

However...

If I now grab the ends of the new should-be-much-shorter clip, and drag the ends - it is revealed that the entire original vidoe is still there - the parts I needed to be removed were not removed.

It is important to me to be able to remove un-needed parts of a larger video, and have the un-needed parts... truely removed.

Thank you ahead of time for any help.

Robert

 

Comments

cpc000cpc wrote on 2/21/2013, 8:33 PM

rlgrim,

MEP is behaving exactly as it should -- it is a 'non-destructive' editor. The parts you delete are by design still there but will not be seen in your export. What you need to do is move objects by click dragging in the center (or at least NOT at the ends) of the parts that remain (hand icon). Click drags at the ends are designed to restore frames you might have deleted in error, or in 'stretch mouse mode' to change the play length of the section (arrow icons).

Note also that [Ctrl]+[Delete] will remove a selected object/part and close the gap in one operation.

Regards,

Carl

rlgrim wrote on 3/15/2013, 5:37 PM

Well, I guess my question was answered - what you snip and delete from a video is not really deleted since the entire video clip you cut parts off still remains. You've told me that this is deliberate.

I'll accept that answer because I'm assuming there's no way around my "problem". I do sincerely appreciate my Movie Edit Pro 2013.

My concern all along was being unable to reduce my new video's size.

- If I make a video that becomes, say, 10 megabite,

- and I next decide to insert another video of 20 megabites, but USE only 5 megabites of the second video,

- I was hoping to end up with my new video being only 15 megabites in size.

But if the 15 megabites I cut away and deleted of the second video never goes away, then my new video is in reality not 15 megabites, but 30 megabites instead.

 

I appreciate your quick and studied reply, and I apologize for the long delay in my reply.

 

Thank you again

Robert

 

cpc000cpc wrote on 3/16/2013, 7:55 PM

Robert,

 

- I was hoping to end up with my new video being only 15 megabites in size.

But if the 15 megabites I cut away and deleted of the second video never goes away, then my new video is in reality not 15 megabites, but 30 megabites instead.

You will be OK. The 'deleted' parts don't get removed from your original clips on the hard drive, but when you export your finished project it will contain only the parts you have selected. The only size issue on export is your choice of format and quality. If you export in identical format to the original you should only get 15 megabytes. If you picked full HD 'uncompressed video' you might well end up with hundreds of megabytes!

Regards,

Carl

 

 

rlgrim wrote on 3/16/2013, 8:11 PM

Thank you very much! I was hoping that would be the case. You made my day. Well done.

 

Robert

 

Robert,

 

- I was hoping to end up with my new video being only 15 megabites in size.

But if the 15 megabites I cut away and deleted of the second video never goes away, then my new video is in reality not 15 megabites, but 30 megabites instead.

You will be OK. The 'deleted' parts don't get removed from your original clips on the hard drive, but when you export your finished project it will contain only the parts you have selected. The only size issue on export is your choice of format and quality. If you export in identical format to the original you should only get 15 megabytes. If you picked full HD 'uncompressed video' you might well end up with hundreds of megabytes!

Regards,

Carl