How to delete part of video from

[JER.]

Hi,

I am a beginner at Premiere and facing a problem of huge size of footage and would like to delete unused part of video to release the space. 

For instance, there is a 3-minute footage and the first 30seconds is useless and I would like to delete it before importing to Premiere. As I know, everything edited in Premiere would not affect the orginal files so I am seeking for any of professionals who can share their experience on this problem.

My english is not good and I tried my best to express..

Thank you for the help 

Lam 

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi Lam,

Yes. That is a common task for many editors. How you approach it depends on your source footage. What kind of source footage is it? From which camera. That will provide us with a starting point.

Thanks,
Kevin

[JER.]

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for the reply!!  I am using Sony A7IV.

Lam

[TreesOnly]

Maybe you can load the whole video and use Premiere to delete the useless part.  Or you can try to record videos less time.