Using the cut tools for video

A popular tool in any video editing software is the cut option, where you can get any video and split the material into two parts. If you have a video strip in the sequencer, you can also use a similar tool to cut any footage.

Before we proceed, you should have any video footage in your sequencer to use the cut tool successfully.

Once you have a video strip in your sequencer, you will be able to cut the material. Blender has two options for cutting video:

  • Hard cut
  • Soft cut

The option to activate the cut is in the Strip menu shown here (Figure 2.1):

Figure 2.1: Cut options

To cut a video in the sequencer, you ...

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