VIDEO EDITOR: CHAPTER TWO 163Trimming a clip with the Clip Selection toolLocating an empty time slotIn the course of creating a large project, you may have left blank spaces inthe Timeline to fill at a later time. Click Search: Find Empty Time Slots tofind these.Note:When you view the Find Empty Time Slot dialog box there will always be onetime slot listed. This is the time slot at the end of the video project and cannot bedeleted.Trimming clipsTrimming and editing clips is the basis of making movies. There are anumber of convenient methods for doing this in Video Editor. Each of theseoffers different advantages depending on the type of clip and theoperations you wish to perform.To trim using the Clip Selection tool:1. Click the Clip Selection tool.2. Drag the left or right border of the clip.How far you can drag depends on the type of clip and/or its duration. Forexample, you cannot extend the length of a video or audio clip to exceedthe duration of its source file. Image, title and color clips can be extendedindefinitely. Zooming in [+] on the Timeline will help in trimming a clip withaccuracy.
