Trim clips

To trim a clip from the Trax Editor

1. Drag the top corner clip hotspots to trim clips.

The Trim mouse pointer appears when you are trimming a clip. See also Clip Interaction Controls.

You can omit segments from the beginning and end of an animation clip by trimming it. This changes a clip’s Source In and Source Out times, but does not affect the source clip itself. The segments that you omit from a clip using Trim are not deleted, and can be reinstated if the clip’s original length is restored.

To trim the part of a clip that comes before the Trax current time indicator

1. Position the Trax current time indicator as desired.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click in the Trax toolbar.
   • Right-click the clip and select Trim Before from the menu that appears.
   • Select the clip you want to trim, and in the Trax menu bar select Edit > Trim Before in the Trax Editor Edit menu.

   The part of the clip that comes before the Trax current time indicator is removed from the clip.

To trim the part of a clip that comes after the Trax current time indicator

1. Position the Trax current time indicator as desired.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click in the Trax toolbar.
   • Right-click the clip and select Trim After from the menu that appears.
   • Select the clip you want to trim, and in the Trax menu bar select Edit > Trim After in the Trax Editor Edit menu.

   The part of the clip that comes after the Trax current time indicator is removed from the clip.

To trim a clip from the Channel Box

1. In the Trax Editor, select the clip you want to trim.
2. In the Maya main menu, select Display > UI Elements > Channel Box/Layer Editor.

   The Channel Box appears, displaying the selected clip’s channels.

3. In the Channel Box, set the Source Start and Source End channel values.

   See Source Start and Source End.