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Old 06-18-2018, 08:47 PM   #1
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Pretty newbie question here. I started taking a video of my tennis sessions, so after we're done, we're left with a 2 hour clip of everything.

What is the easiest way to basically chop up and cut out all of the useless parts (picking up balls, breaks etc.) so that I am left with just the tennis?

Basically just need to delete chunks of frames every little while. What I'm envisioning is basically I watch the entire thing and just click a button every time I want to start cutting, and then click a button to stop cutting - does such software exist?
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Old 06-18-2018, 08:48 PM   #2
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Microsoft movie maker, plus its free, and if all you want to do is simple editing, cutting cropping, adding music and effects its all you need.
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Old 06-18-2018, 08:57 PM   #3
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Also consider using Kdenlive
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If you're running Windows 10, Microsoft no longer supports Windows Movie Maker. For some reason, they've integrated its functionality into the Photos app.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/...e-for-download
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I'm clearly doing something wrong with editing clips.

I was trying to send a portion of a flyover I did out at my cabin with one of my drones to send to my brother.

Original clip is like 560 meg, maybe 4.5 mins long (mp4). I'm trying to send a 30 second portion of that clip. However, when doing so, that clip isn't much smaller than the original video.

This was using the photos app in Win10.

What am I doing wrong and does anyone have a suggestion on some decent beginner video editing software?
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I have been doing a ton of video editing at work recently. I use Camtasia 2020. I accepted this work task with absolutely zero experience and this program was recommended to me for beginner level editor. I watched a couple training videos and within 15 minutes of editing my first video, I had the hang of it.

I would compare it to using powerpoint. If you are familiar with cropping, cutting and pasting, inserting, etc, you will find it extremely easy to use. Very user friendly program and lots of option available when it comes to editing and exporting the final video.

Take a look at some of their tutorials here to see how easy it is to use.

https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-c...tent=tutorials

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If you're running Windows 10, Microsoft no longer supports Windows Movie Maker. For some reason, they've integrated its functionality into the Photos app.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/...e-for-download

You can still find it and it works fine. Just don't remember what site I got it from.
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