![]() But its operation is a bit confusing, so here’s the rundown. IMovie ’09 now includes a new contextual menu item, Trim to Playhead, which promises to save a few steps when trimming a clip. However, that’s not the nearly-hidden feature I’m talking about. There’s also a third way: After you position the playhead, press Control to temporarily disable skimming and then choose Edit > Split Clip. Or, beginning with iMovie ’09 8.0.1, press Command-Shift-S to make the split. To split a clip, position the playhead where you want the split to occur, Control-click (or right-click) to bring up the contextual menu, and choose Split Clip. However, iMovie ’09 offers workarounds that, perhaps as a side effect, turn into a new, nearly-hidden editing feature. ![]() ![]() To split a clip in iMovie ’08, you had to first make a selection and then choose Edit > Split Clip (which still works in iMovie ’09). ![]() In iMovie ’08 and ’09, the playhead moves with the pointer as it moves across footage. In iMovie HD, you place the playhead where the split should occur, then move the mouse pointer up to the Edit menu and choose Split Clip at Playhead. This is most obvious when trying to split a clip. Unlike earlier iMovie versions, you can’t position the playhead and leave it there while you access menu items for editing. When iMovie ’08 introduced skimming, where simply moving your mouse pointer over clips previewed the footage in the Viewer, it also created an interesting interface problem.
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