goadobe10 wrote:
I understad the clip feature acts as a mask and does not reduce the overall size of the video. How do I actually cut out a clip and have a video that is only the size of the desired clip. For example, I have a 10 minute movie and want cut or clip 1 minute segments. I don't want each 1 minute segment to mask 9 minutes of video. I want the video file of each 1 minute segment to only be 1 minute to help reduce file size.*
PRE doesn't work that way. It records how to work with your clip at the final rendering. It never makes physical copies of the file when you are editing. In fact the original clip is never changed by any of the editing and menu activities you do in your project.
So if you split your video into ten clips on the timeline and apply different effects and transitions to each clip you still only have the single original ten minute clip on your disk.
If for other reasons you want to split your ten minute clip into ten discrete one minute files then:
- Add the clip to your project and place it on the timeline.
- Split the clip with the split tool to the ten segments
- Position the work area bar over the first one minute segment
- Share that segment to a new file in your preferred format (if it's for subsequent reuse I suggest DV-AVI) ensuring that you tick the WAB only check box.
- Repeat for each segment, setting the Work Area Bar to each segment.
- When complete and you have checked each segment you can delete the original ten minute clip.
I would however expect the ten individual clips to require more physical disk space than the original single ten minute clip.
Cheers,
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Neale
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