Hi
" Feeling embarrassed. "
No need to be :-) Here are the basic operations if you are not sure.
Open VP and load your video.You can do this by clicking the "Open" tab on the toolbar, navigating to your video and selecting it with "Open". VP will install your video in the "Clip Bin". on the left area of the main screen. (You can also drag and drop your video directly here), Your video will be highlighted (selected) in the bin and will automatically appear as a Clip Preview in the right hand pane.
You can now drag and drop the clip from the bin onto the sequence line (Video Track 1) or you can select it and use the small green down-arrow to place it. On the timeline your video will be highlighted and the Clip Preview screen will now become the Sequence Preview . Adding a further clip(s) to the clip bin from your PC will repeat the different previews.
You can toggle between the preview windows using the tabs above the window. Clip preview shows the thumbnails with some selection controls and play buttons. Sequence preview shows playbuttons and etc, but no thumbnails.
You can show BOTH preview screens side by side by right clicking the window and choosing "Change Preview Settings" followed by ticking "Show dual previews"., or you can click Tools/Options/Display.to get the same option.
You can enlarge the preview window to near full screen by clicking the small arrowed box in the top right hand corner or to Full screen by clicking the >> at the right hand end of the toolbar and selecting "Preview"
So much for the basic setup......All your video (if it is a single clip) will be on the timeline and you should be in Sequence Preview.
Note: If your video is actually a VP project made up of several clips and you are in CLIP PREVIEW mode you will only play and see the selected clip......not the whole video. (This may be the reason you only see a short length of your video). To play the whole video you must be in SEQUENCE PREVIEW mode but note that the starting position will be the position of the red sequence cursor line.
Now----To remove 1/2 of your video which you have on the timeline;
Check you are in SEQUENCE PREVIEW.
Press the play button and stop at the required end point, (or drag the red cursor line to this point.)
Press the "Split" button which is beneath the preview screen (and only visible in Sequence Preview). This will split your video.
Right Click the end or section you want to remove.
Select "Delete" from the menu.
If this leaves a gap in the timeline then click the gap and select "Close the gap" from the menu.
If your video IS a single clip .........then another method which is only slightly more complicated (but quicker) is to select your video on the timeline and then toggle the preview to CLIP PREVIEW. Now slide the red START marker [ to the start of your selection and the blue END marker ] to the end of your selection. If your video clip is already on the timeline it will be edited automatically; if you are doing the edit f from a clip in the clip bin you now click the "Place" button to put your selection on the timeline. (There is a down arrow for choice of various positions)
Hope this makes things a bit clearer.
Nat
