{"id":2848,"date":"2021-08-11T03:07:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2021-08-11T03:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T07:10:44","slug":"how-to-crop-trim-a-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/how-to-crop-trim-a-video.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Crop\/Trim a video ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Step 1, Import video you want to Crop\/Trim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can click the upper left <strong>Plus<\/strong> button then select &#8220;<strong>Import\/Add video<\/strong>&#8220;, or use the shortcut key <strong>Ctrl+1<\/strong> to import source video files, or directly drag and drop the video file into YouTube Movie Maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-17.png\" alt=\"Import\/Add video\" class=\"wp-image-2698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-17.png 832w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-17-768x457.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-19.png\" alt=\"Drag source videos into YouTube Movie Maker\" class=\"wp-image-2700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-19.png 832w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-19-768x457.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2, <strong>drag and drop<\/strong> the <strong>video <\/strong>down into  the <strong>Video line<\/strong> or <strong>Overlay line<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-24.png\" alt=\"drag and drop the video down into Video Line or Overlay Line.\" class=\"wp-image-2856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-24.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-24-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3, <strong>Right-click <\/strong>on the video in Video\/Overlay Line, then select &#8220;<strong>Crop<\/strong>&#8221; from right-click function menu, or directly click on the video in Video\/Overlay Line, then use shortcut key <strong>&#8220;Alt + P&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1371\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-18.png\" alt=\"crop-video-01\" class=\"wp-image-2850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-18.png 1371w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-18-768x327.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1371px) 100vw, 1371px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-19.png\" alt=\"crop-video-02\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-19.png 896w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-19-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption>Crop UI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 4, within &#8220;<strong>Crop<\/strong>&#8221; UI, we can crop a video, like an image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We can use the mouse to press and drag the border of the blue rectangle for selecting the area you want to keep<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-20.png\" alt=\"crop-video-03\" class=\"wp-image-2852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-20.png 896w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-20-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>or we can directly input the X value, Y value, Width, Height to define a rectangle we want to keep<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22.png\" alt=\"crop-video-04\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22.png 896w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-22-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>and we can select any frame by clicking on the bottom progress bar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-23.png\" alt=\"crop-video-05\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-23.png 896w, https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-23-768x609.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5, At last, click lower right corner &#8220;OK&#8221; button, back program main UI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step 1, Import video you want to Crop\/Trim. You can click the upper left Plus button then select &#8220;Import\/Add video&#8220;, or use the shortcut key Ctrl+1 to import source video files, or directly drag and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25,27,31,30,28,29,26],"class_list":["post-2848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-maker-tutorial","tag-crop-video","tag-cropping-video","tag-easily-crop-video","tag-easy-to-crop-a-video","tag-how-to-crop-a-video","tag-how-to-crop-video","tag-video-cropper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makeyoutubevideo.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}