How to Make a Quicktime Clip
The free QuickTime video player provides a timeline that notes the progress of any video being played. You can make a QuickTime clip out of a segment of a video without damaging the original video. No special programs are needed as the QuickTime video player has the ability to make the QuickTime clip built in. A copy of the QuickTime video that is to have a clip made from it should be used, just in case the QuickTime video is saved with the clip having been removed.
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Instructions
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Launch the QuickTime video player by double-clicking its icon inside the "Applications" folder if on a Mac, or by selecting it from the "start," "All Applications" pop-up menu.
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Drag the video file that you want to make a video clip out of onto the icon of the QuickTime video player--the icon is in the dock to the left or at the bottom of the screen if on a Mac, or in the Toolbar at the bottom right of the screen if on a PC. Wait for a QuickTime video window to appear on the screen.
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Click on the white tab at the bottom left corner of the QuickTime video player's control bar. Drag the white tab to the video where you want the video clip to start. Drag the white tab that was to the right of the first white tab to the end of the video where you want the video clip to end.
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Click in the video window on the QuickTime video window. Drag the video window to the desktop. Release the mouse.
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Close the QuickTime video window by clicking the red "X" in the upper left corner. Click on "Don't save" in the confirmation window that appears.
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Drag the video clipping that was made by dragging the video window to the desktop onto the icon of the QuickTime video player---the icon is in the dock to the left or at the bottom of the screen if on a Mac, or in the toolbar at the bottom right of the screen if on a PC.
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Wait for a QuickTime video window to appear on the screen. Save the QuickTime video clip you have made by selecting "Save as" from the "File" drop-down menu, naming the clip in the "Name" column in the window that appears, selecting "Desktop" from the "Locations" drop-down menu and clicking on the "Save" button at the bottom right of the window. Quit the QuickTime video player program.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't run other graphic intensive programs while making a video clip in QuickTime--this will avoid the chance of there being any interference.
