Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
If you want to watch your video clip,
just double-click on it and it opens in
Loupe view (as seen here). To play the
video, you can click the Play button (duh),
in the control bar under the video, or just
press the
Spacebar
on your keyboard to
start/stop it. If, instead, you want to scrub
through the video (kind of like manually
fast-forwarding or rewinding), you can just
drag the playhead in the control bar. When
you play the video, it plays both the video
and audio, but there's no volume control
for the audio within Lightroom itself, so
you'll have to control the audio volume
using your computer's own volume control.
Step Four:
If your video needs to be trimmed down
to size (maybe you need to cut off the
end a bit, or crop the video so it starts
after a few seconds or so), you can click
on the Trim Video button (the little gear
icon on the far-right side of the control
bar) and the trim controls pop up (seen
here). There are two ways to trim: One way
is to just click on an end marker handle on
either side of the video clip (they look like
two little vertical bars) and drag inward to
trim your clip (as shown here). The other
way to trim is to set Trim Start and Trim
End points (which basically means “start
here” and “end here”) by hitting the Space-
bar to let the video play, then when you
reach the point you want your video to
actually start, press
Shift-I
to set the Trim
Start point. When you reach the point in
the video where you want the rest trimmed
away, press
Shift-O
to set your Trim End
point. Both methods (dragging the end
markers or using the shortcuts) do exactly
the same thing, so choose whichever you're
most comfortable with.
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