This wikiHow teaches you how to trim unwanted portions of a video using the Adobe Premiere Pro video editing application.
Step
Step 1. Open Adobe Premiere Pro
You can open Adobe Premiere Pro by double-clicking the purple application icon that says pr".
Step 2. Open the Adobe Premiere Pro project
Follow these steps to open a project in Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Click File in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
- Click New… to start a new project or Open… to open an existing project.
- Select the file you want to open and click Open.
Step 3. Import the video clip you want to cut into the project
If the video you want to cut isn't already in your project, you'll need to import it into Adobe Premiere. Follow these steps to import a video clip into a project:
- Click File
- Click Import.
- Select the video you want to import.
- Click Open.
Step 4. Click the video you want to cut from the " Project " tab and drag it to the Timeline
Video clips that you imported into Adobe Premiere Pro can be found in the Project pane, under the Libraries tab. The Project pane is usually located in the lower-left corner of the screen. Meanwhile, the Timeline pane is usually located just to the right of the Project pane.
If you don't see the Project pane, Timeline pane, or other pane that you need to access, click Window in the menu bar at the top of the screen and make sure the required pane is checked
Step 5. Select the video by clicking on it
This step will highlight the video clip on the timeline.
Step 6. Click Effects
This tab is at the top of the window, usually in the lower-left side of the screen.
Step 7. Click
next to "Video Effects".
The icon resembles the arrow next to "Video Effects" in the list of effects. After that, a list of video effects categories will open.
Step 8. Click
next to "Transform".
The icon resembles an arrow next to the "Transform" file. After that, the Transform list of video effects will open.
Step 9. Click the Crop tool and drag it to an existing video clip in the Timeline
This will open the Effects Controls tab in the upper-left window of the screen.
Alternatively, enter Crop in the search bar above the Project panel and then press Enter to search for the Crop effect
Step 10. Set the limit of the video clip
You can do this in the controls in the Effects Controls tab:
- A percentage reading 0% indicates that the side has not been cut at all.
- Enlarge the number next to Edge Feather in the Effects Control panel will smooth out the border that surrounds the video.
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Click the checkbox next to Zoom to enlarge the visible portion of the video after cropping to fill the Sequence Preview panel.
Enlarging a low-resolution video clip may make it appear cracked or blurry
