How to Use Clipchamp to Trim Video, Audio or Images
Learn to edit your videos to your liking with Clipchamp
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So you want to become a savvy clip producer, and you chose Clipchamp as your starting ramp? If so, now it’s time to learn how to properly trim your videos in Clipchamp.
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How can I trim videos using Clipchamp?
1. As usual, the first step is to go to the Microsoft Store and download and install the Clipchamp video editor.
2. Open Clipchamp and press the Create a video button.
3. Click the plus button to add your video to Clipchamp.
4. Press the Add button or drag the clip to the timeline.
5. Click on the clip to highlight it and position your cursor over the front or back end of the clip.
6. Press on the trimming icon and drag it depending on how much you want to trim the video.
7. When you are happy with your results, use the Export button to save your final video.
Trimming is one of the most basic actions you can perform in Clipchamp. Yet trimming is extremely important, especially when you want to create certain sequences.
Follow the steps above and trim your video to your liking using this software.
We’ve recently explored the app’s functionality panels and reviewed how to edit videos using Clipchamp, so you already know the basics.
FAQs
Use the Split tool. Place the playhead at the start and end of the section you want removed, split twice, select the middle part, and delete it.
No. You must trim clips individually, but you can split and delete sections across several clips.
No. Clipchamp keeps your original quality unless you export at a lower resolution.
Trim handles appear on the left and right edges of a selected clip on the timeline.
That’s pretty much all you need to do if you want to trim clips using Clipchamp on your Windows 11 device, so don’t be discouraged.
After exporting, you may also want to review our guide on how to save a project in Clipchamp to fully understand autosave, export, and backup options. To avoid losing your edits, learn how to save Clipchamp videos directly to your computer with our Clipchamp save to computer guide.
To take your editing further after trimming, see our step-by-step guide on how to speed up video in Clipchamp.
If you also want to split or remove parts of your footage, check out this guide on how to cut video in Clipchamp for simple steps.
This free video editor may yet prove to be your best choice when it comes to fast, simple editing.
However, there are tons of other video editing software alternatives out there as well, if you feel that Clipchamp just won’t do enough for you.
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