PremierePro

Change clip duration

The duration of a video or audio clip is the length of time it plays from its first frame (In point) to its last frame (Out point). Altering a clip’s In or Out points changes the clip’s duration. You can also set a duration for the clip, trimming the end of the clip to the specified duration.

Still image durations can be set like other clips, except that still images can have any duration.

  1. In the Timeline panel or Project panel, select a clip.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • To change duration numerically, choose Clip > Speed/Duration, click the link button  to unlink speed and duration, type a new duration, and click OK.

    • To change duration visually in the Timeline panel, move the Selection tool over an edge of the clip so that it changes to the Trim Out or Trim In tool, and drag the edge. If you are making the clip longer, the source clip must contain enough additional frames beyond its source In or Out point to accommodate the adjustment.

      If you want to trim a clip edge that’s already adjacent to another clip, use the methods described in Perform rolling and ripple edits.

      If you set a clip in the Timeline panel to the duration you require, but you don’t like where the clip begins and ends in relation to the adjacent clips, you can use the Slip tool to adjust the clip without changing the clip’s program In and Out point or duration. (See Perform slip and slide edits.)