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April 15, 2018
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Can Premiere Elements do Video Splitting (trim beginning and end without rendering)?

  • April 15, 2018
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Hi all,

I often have 2 hour + long videos where I just want to trim the first few minutes and last few mintues to get rid of any superfluous parts.

I do not want to "edit" it and then render it out.

I just want to "delete" the first few minutes, the last few minutes, and then hit save, and the video is done.  No lengthy rendering times wanted.

I was told this is called a "video splitter" and tried a couple of those programs.

I have used Avidemux to do it with some success.  But that's all it does (I think).

Now looking for a more feature-rich editing program (hopefully under $150 USD) for Windows that will also do this video spliting as well as normal editing.

Does anyone know if Adobe Premiere Elements will also do this video splitting?

Thanks

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    Community Expert
    April 15, 2018

    Premiere Elements won't do what you describe.   I've seen a similar process described as "smart rendering".  Although I've never tried a copy, there is a program called "TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer 5" that might do what you want. 

    If you find something that works like you want, I would enjoy knowing what it is. 

    Good luck in your search!

    Bill

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 15, 2018

    CBecks  wrote

    Does anyone know if Adobe Premiere Elements will also do this video splitting?

    No, it will not work that way.  You have to export if you want to trim and save the media.

    CBecksAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 15, 2018

    No, it will not work that way.  You have to export if you want to trim and save the media.

    Ok.  Thank you.  And by export you probably mean rendering it out, which probably takes quite a while, right?

    Community Expert
    April 15, 2018

    CBecks  wrote

    by export you probably mean rendering

    Yes,  in Premiere Elements, "Export&Share" means "output rendering".