Trim a Clip: Cut the Start or the End Without Regenerating

Step by step on a computer

1. Open the episode and click the segment on the timeline. Its clip plays in the right-hand pane.
2. Under the player, Edit this clip is open on Trim. The two words at the top, Keep and Remove, set what the handles mean; leave it on Keep.
3. Drag the left handle to where the clip should start and the right handle to where it should end. The player jumps to that frame while you drag, so you can see exactly where you are.
4. For fine moves use − and + beside Start and End: each press moves that handle by half a second.
5. Press Preview. Only the part between the handles plays, then it stops. Press Stop to end early.
6. Press Save. The button shows the price (5 credits). While it works the panel says Trimming…; when it is done you see Trimmed and saved as a new version.

On a phone

Open the Preview tab, pick the segment, and tap Trim under the player. The strip of segments below the player turns into a trimming track, while the player stays in view and follows the handles as you drag. The same controls are there: Keep or Remove, the track, − and + for each end, Preview and Save. Close the trimming mode to get the segment strip back.

What changes and what does not

The new version contains exactly the frames between the handles, with the sound cut at the same points — nothing is generated again, so the picture and voices are the ones you already had. It appears in Version History labelled Trimmed. If the clip you trimmed is still the one showing when the trim finishes, the trimmed version becomes active straight away; otherwise it waits in the history.

Your storyboard does not change, and neither does the segment’s planned length. If you regenerate the segment later, the new clip comes out at the full planned length again and is priced by it. How the versions fit together.

Trimming again

A segment keeps one trimmed version. If you trim again, the new trim is cut from whatever version is on screen — which may be the trimmed one — and replaces the previous trimmed version. The generated clip is never touched, so the way back is always there: switch to it in Version History.

How a trim affects the episode

Composite joins each segment’s active version and is priced by the total length, 1 credit per second. A trimmed segment counts at its trimmed length, so trimming dead air also makes the episode a little cheaper to composite. Download and share also use the active version. Which segments are joined.

Limits

At least one second must remain; when a handle reaches that limit the panel says Keep at least 1s. A clip that is one second or shorter cannot be trimmed. You cannot trim while the segment is generating or while the episode’s storyboard is being generated, and one trim per segment runs at a time. There is also an hourly limit on trims per account. Every message and what to do.

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Updated September 30, 2026