Clip missing between two clips

MrRecord wrote on 12/12/2020, 11:08 AM

Hello!

I've got a video and cut out two small clips of approximately three seconds length. In the original video between them there is also material for about 5 seconds. Is there an elegant way to get this third missing clip which is between the two clips I have? Of course I can try to fiddle it manually. But this is big pain. I want to software for me to do it precisely.

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johnebaker wrote on 12/12/2020, 1:37 PM

@MrRecord

Hi

. . . . Of course I can try to fiddle it manually. But this is big pain . . . .

Assuming the 5 sec clip is already on the timeline then manually inserting it into the correct place using the different mouse modes is, IMHO, the quickest way to do this - see the video clip below.

Note  do switch the mouse mode to Single object after closing the gap (not shown in the clip) and then apply any transitions you need.

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MrRecord wrote on 12/12/2020, 5:13 PM

@johnebaker Thanks for your quick answer. My problem is of a different kind. You assumed I have the clip already on the timeline. But I do not have. And that's the problem. I only have the original video and what to get precisely the gap between the two clips of the original video I already have.

Let's make an concrete example: My original video is 100 frames long. clip1 is frame 13-33 of my original video. clip2 is frame 53-80 of my original video. Now I want the software to give me the gap, i.e. a clip of frame 34-52.

browj2 wrote on 12/12/2020, 9:38 PM

@MrRecord

Hi,

This is basic editing. Watch these tutorials to see the various basic importing and editing methods and how to use the mouse modes.

There is more than one way to do what you want.

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MrRecord wrote on 12/13/2020, 3:55 PM

@browj2 Thanks for your answer and your videos. I watched both of them completely and learnt a few new things. I always used onther way to import videos: I had them on my windows explorer and simply draged them into the timeline. After that I used the T hotkey to cut them into my clips and deleted the clips I didn't need. With dragging a clip at the edge I shortend or extended the clips as I whished. Using this method I never saw those start and end markers for my clips. Is there a way to get them shown? You know, I mean those you show in your second video at about 3 minutes.

Nevertheless, I guess that the object trimmer which you show in the end of your second video can help me with my problem. There I can see which frames are missing and get my gap clip. Is that how you would do it as well?