How to Cut & Trim Videos on an iPhone - Splice Video Editor 2019
Channel: Travelvids - Video On Your Phone
Date: 2019-01-05

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In this video, we look at how to use the TRIM & CUT tools in Splice Mobile video editing app. Smartphone video editing basics.

We had a few people ask us how to use the trim and cut tools in a splice in our last Splice tutorials. First I will show you what each of these are and then at the end some tips on how to make your life easier when using the trim and cut tools.

TRIM
Trimming a clip is like sculpting a log of wood. In its raw form it is a clunky chunk of material, but within it lies a beautiful work of art… you need to trim away the excess to get to the good bit-- in video i call this finding the moment. A moment is usually only a few seconds long at most.  If you have a 30 second clip and you only want a piece of it from the centre - you trim back the front and  or the back to only leave the part you want…  

To trim select the clip - tap on edit - it will automatically take you to the trim tool as the first option. First preview the clip to see what part you want to keep…. I will keep this part after the gentleman clears the frame…  simply drag and drop the blue bars away from the start to the point where he steps away - repeat the same from the back  to leave only a small section.  The trimmed parts will be darkened out… as you let go of the trim bar the clip duration will recalculate to show you how long this clip now is. I have set mine to just over 1 second and i m happy with that… preview it again and see if it's right. You can always adjust -  Once you have trimmed the clip down to the you will see the option to apply trim. My suggestion is to leave it as is without applying this trim you can  simply tap back to go back to the edit.  The reason is once you apply it its done - like this you can always go back later and adjust it if you want to make it longer - perhaps you selected slower music or want to use another part of the same clip.

CUT
The cut function in splice is less like sculpting and more like carving a pumpkin - now you are leaving the outside in tact and taking out the centrepiece - turning this  into this 

Let's look at the same clip from earlier - this time  when i tap to edit i will go to this second option here - Cut
The little blue trim bars have adjusted to the centre revealing only a part of the start and the end of the clip. If i preview this short clip it will just between the twu like a --- yes you guessed it a cut.

In my personal capacity i almost never use this tool - because when you film a clip its the beginning and end that almost always need trimming. 

Look at the clip if you want these two section you would have to trim first then apply that then open it again and cut it …. It requires a two step process that - it Very time consuming and tricky to get right.

My solution to this will come in the next nextion:


TIPS for trimming in Splice
Rule number 1 Keep your clips short - i have a whole video on this subject in fact we have a few as this is a super important part of video creation. Rather film something in short bursts many times than trying to carve pieces out of one block afterwards…  you may notice that when the clips are long and you hold on the trim bar it does a funny  zoom in to help you trim more accurately - when your clips are long like this 30 second piece ican be really hard to keep it controlled. To avoid zooming in you need to tap on the trim bar and move right away to the side - if you hold on it for a moment it will automatically zoom in. You can choose which is better for you to use.

But if you did film a long clip and want two parts from it -how do we do this? scenario where we want two Unfortunately splice does not come with a Split function (like iMovie) where you can split  one clip and quickly it into two pieces. In splice you want to duplicate the clip - and trim it each time uniquely.

In app you duplicate the clip by tapping on it and selecting this option under edit - duplicate - now you can trim this one to the first part and this one to the second part.

Last tip - because you dont apply the trims it does have a side effect it makes the project bigger and this takes a toll on your phones memory - when you are done with your project make sure to delete them - this will free up space on your phone and prevent splice from lagging in the future.

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