Jean-François Fortin Tam
nekohayo@gmail.com
Mario Blättermann
mariobl@gnome.org Tomáš Karger tomkarger@gmail.com
Dividing clips in two parts.

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Mario Blättermann
mariobl@freenet.de 2010, 2011
Marcel Tiede
marcel.tiede@yahoo.de 2014
Benjamin Steinwender
b@stbe.at 2014
Christian Kirbach
christian.kirbach@gmail.com 2014

# Splitting

As the name implies, splitting a clip divides it into two adjacent clips, with new beginning/end points being created accordingly.

In Pitivi, splitting is a “non-modal” operation; this means that you do not have to “activate” a particular tool before doing the split action. Splitting occurs where the playhead is currently located (see also Moving the playhead). Combined with zooming, frame-by-frame seeking with the keyboard or scrubbing, modeless splitting is not only fast and efficient, it is also very accurate.

Selections affect splitting in the following ways:

Only the selected clips under the playhead will be split.

If no clips are selected, all the clips under the playhead will be split.

To split a single clip:

Click on the clip.

Reposition the playhead (if needed).

Click on the Split button on the timeline toolbar or press S.

To split all the clips across the all layers:

Click on a blank area of the timeline (this will deselect all selected clips, if any).

Reposition the playhead (if needed).

Click on the Split button on the timeline toolbar or press S.

To split multiple selected clips:

Position the playhead where you want to split.

Add or remove clips to the selection with the Ctrl modifier key. This will not affect the playhead's position.

Click on the Split button on the timeline toolbar or press S.

# Cutting out the middle

When you want to cut out a middle section of a clip, split the clip twice on the positions where the part you want to remove begins and ends. Select the middle part and hit delete. Now, eliminate the empty space between the remaining two parts by moving one of them towards the other until they align.