Apple 7.2 manual Cutting, Copying, or Deleting a Section of a Movie, To combine two movies

Note: By default, the selection markers hide when nothing is selected, making it easy to determine whether or not a frame is selected. To turn off this option so that the selection markers appear even when nothing is selected, change the “Hide selection indicators for empty selection” option in QuickTime Player preferences.

Cutting, Copying, or Deleting a Section of a Movie

Selecting and moving, copying, or deleting (trimming) part of a movie is easy in QuickTime Pro.

To cut, copy, or delete part of a movie:

1Move the playhead until the desired frame appears, or select the part of the movie you want to modify (use the In and Out selection markers and the arrow keys).

2Choose Edit > Copy, Cut, or Delete.

If you choose Copy or Cut, you can paste the selection elsewhere.

3Position the playhead where you want to paste the selection and choose Edit > Paste. QuickTime Pro inserts the selection you pasted at the position of the playhead.

You can also delete all parts of a movie that are not selected by choosing Edit > “Trim to Selection.”

Note: After you delete parts of a movie, the file size stays the same until you choose File > Save As and select “Save as a self-contained movie.”

Combining Two QuickTime Movies into One

With QuickTime Pro, you can easily add one movie to another to make one longer movie.

To combine two movies:

1In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire contents of the first movie.

2Choose Edit > Copy, then open the second movie.

3Move the playhead to the point at which you want to insert the movie (usually the very beginning or end of the original movie), and choose Edit > Paste.

4Choose File > Save As to name and save the new movie.

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro

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