Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

96 LESSON 5 Editing Video

3 Click the Out point handle ( ), located on the right side of the current clip

representation in the mini-timeline, and then drag it to the left until you reach

the current-time indicator. Notice that your Monitor panel has changed to a

split screen.

4 Release the pointer when the Out point handle you are dragging is aligned with

the current-time indicator at 00;00;07;19.

5 Click the Elephant.avi clip again in the Sceneline, and then press the spacebar

to play. Notice your new edit point at the end of the fi rst clip, and that you’ve

trimmed away the black frames.

Using the Split Clip tool

 e Split Clip tool allows you to cut single clips into multiple clips.  is can come

in handy when you want to split a long captured clip into separate clips, as you’ll do

in this exercise.

1 Click LunchTime.avi, which is the ninth clip in the Sceneline, and then press

the spacebar to play the clip.  ere are some interesting sections in here, but it’s

clearly too long to leave as is.

2 Position the current-time indicator at the 00;00;59;59 mark, which marks the

end of the fi rst usable portion.

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Note: This is an

Adobe Premiere

Elements behavior

worth understanding.

The left side of the

screen is showing the

last frame of the clip

you are shortening. It

will start out black and

then show the elephant

statue once you’ve

reached the current-

time indicator. The right

side of the split screen

shows the fi rst frame of

the next clip. This frame

will not change because

you’re not trimming this

clip. Essentially, this split

screen is a preview of

what your edit line will

look like after you’ve

trimmed the fi rst clip.

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3 To split the clip at the position of the current-time indicator, click the Split Clip

button (

), located near the right end of the Monitor panel just below the

mini-timeline. You might have to resize the Monitor panel to its full width in

order to see this icon. Or, choose Timeline > Split Clip.

4 Next, drag the current-time indicator to, and split the clip, at the following

points:

• 00;01;23;00 (close-up of burger)

• 00;01;25;15 (end burger close-up)

• 00;01;37;00 (about to put top on burger bun)

LunchTime.avi is divided into fi ve clips.

5 Now delete the second and fourth clips. Click the second clip to select it, then

right-click the clip representation and choose Delete.

6 Repeat this procedure for the fourth clip.

7 Click the fi rst LunchTime.avi clip and then press the spacebar to play the movie.

Notice how deleting sections of the longer clip improves the overall fl ow of the

movie.

8 When you are fi nished reviewing the movie, choose File > Save As.

9 In the Save Project dialog, name the fi le Lesson05_Work and save it in your

Lesson04 and 05 folder.

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Note: Once you split

a clip, Adobe Premiere

Elements treats each

subclip as a completely

separate clip, which you

can trim or re-order, just

as with any other clip.