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Grabbing a clip from a video

I recently turned some VHS tapes into digital and I don't know how to grab bits and pieces from the movies. For example, I have three different VHS "movies" that are over an hour long. I am trying to grab 30 seconds here, 15 seconds there, and so on so I can turn those clips into an iMovie.


Do I grab the whole hour-plus movie, put it into the timeline, find what I want, split the long clip so to the left I have the various pieces I want? I hope that makes sense.


Thanks.


Chip

Posted on Aug 17, 2021 1:39 PM

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Rich839
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Posted on Aug 17, 2021 2:03 PM

Yes, you have basically got it right. Put the long clip into the timeline. Then place the playhead at the in-point where you want to split. Do a Modify/Split Clip. Then move the playhead to the out-point, and do a Modify/Split Clip. That will create a segment between the two points.. Then select the segment by clicking on it, and do Edit/Copy, and then do Edit/Paste it into a newly created project. Repeat the process with several created segments. That will leave you with a new project with all of the segments that you want to work with.


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Aug 17, 2021 2:03 PM in response to RCMjr

Yes, you have basically got it right. Put the long clip into the timeline. Then place the playhead at the in-point where you want to split. Do a Modify/Split Clip. Then move the playhead to the out-point, and do a Modify/Split Clip. That will create a segment between the two points.. Then select the segment by clicking on it, and do Edit/Copy, and then do Edit/Paste it into a newly created project. Repeat the process with several created segments. That will leave you with a new project with all of the segments that you want to work with.


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