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pierret18811376
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May 19, 2025
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question about subclips

  • May 19, 2025
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Hello,

 

I have made a sequence, so when I play it I am in "program monitor" at right.

I would like to create subclips from "program monitor" (and not from "source monitor"). But I see that I cannot do it (create subclip is greyed). Have you a solution ?

 

PS : I prefer to do it from program monitor because the sequence is more short (2h) than the video in source monitor (4h). 

Correct answer PaulMurphy

As I need to create subclips from the full screen mode, I have compared :

— "Source Monitor" full screen : 

I do "I" and "O" so I have a selection, and from this selection Control+U is working here.

— "Program monitor" full screen :

I do "I" and "O" and from this selection I try to make Control+U but it does not works.

 

I have tried to do 2 cuts instead of "I" / "O" in full screen mode, but then I am unable to select the portion between the 2 cuts because I cannot see this portion in full screen mode.

I really need to work in full screen mode in order to see some details in the video (I have a little screen laptop), and I have a big number of subclips to create from the same video.


The Make Subclip option isn't available when the Program Monitor is active, so subclips can't be created directly from in/out points.

If you're using the Program Monitor mainly to work with a shorter section of your footage, here's a practical workaround:

  1. Create a subclip from your full 4-hour clip—for example, a 2-hour section that contains the content you want to use.
  2. Load that subclip into the Source Monitor.
  3. Set In (I) and Out (O) points, then go to Clip > Make Subclip to create additional subclips as needed.


While these new subclips still reference the original media file, starting with a shorter subclip can make it much easier to navigate and isolate the sections you need.

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PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
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May 19, 2025

To create a subclip from the timeline:

  1. Make a cut where you want the subclip to start and end.
  2. Select the resulting clip segment, then go to Clip > Make Subclip or press Ctrl+U (Windows) / Cmd+U (Mac).


The subclip will then appear in your Project panel.

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pierret18811376Author
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May 19, 2025

Actually I am working in the "program monitor" at top right (see blue arrow), in full screen.

So, in this window full screen, I have set In (I) and Out (O), then I would like to do Control+U but I cannot do it.

 

My goal is to do not work in the timeline directly (do not do some cuts in the timeline) but work only in the "program monitor".

 

Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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May 19, 2025

@pierret18811376,

 

Ctrl+U does work, but in the Program Monitor/Timeline, In/Out does not effect the clip, but the whole timeline. So the Subclip you create is the whole clip.

 

As Paul says, in the Program Monitor/Timeline, you must cut the clip to make a subclip from it.

 

Stan

 

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