STEP ONE: Drag the current-time indicator to a frame that you want to set as the new poster frame. Luckily it is easy to change this with a few clicks (this is not possible in Lr at this time). When the video is imported the thumbnail (called the poster frame) you see is generated from the first frame of the video, but this frame is not always representative of the actual clip. Similar to cropping a photo, this edit is only applied to copies during export or when viewing the clip inside of LrC, which means you can change it again at any time. Trimming the in point works the same way, but from the other side of the bezel.

STEP THREE: Grab the end marker tucked to the right end of the bezel and drag it to the new point you want to be the end of the clip. STEP TWO: Click and drag the current-time indicator to find the point you want to make the new out (or in) point. Note you can click and drag the outer edge of the video bezel outward to see more frames and fill the width of Loupe view.

STEP ONE: Click the gear icon to reveal the trimming tools. Click the gear-shaped icon to reveal the individual frames and the tools to trim the video. The video controls appear in a bezel under the video, and allow you to play/pause the clip, save out a still frame from the video, trim the in and out points, and set the poster frame. Double-click the thumbnail to jump to Loupe view where you can play the clip in full. You can even scrub through a video thumbnail by moving (don’t click) your cursor left and right over a given clip to get a quick glimpse of what it contains. When viewing your files in Grid view of the Library module you will notice that the video files display a time code on each thumbnail indicating its duration. Once imported you can move, rename, and delete video files in just the same way as you can with your photos. We’ve been able to import AVI, MP4, MOV, and AVCHD video formats from our memory cards and store them right alongside of our stills in our Lightroom Classic catalogs for many years now, and with that, LrC also has some basic video editing capabilities.

Back in July I wrote about the new video editing features in Lightroom (Lr), and there was a comment asking about editing video in Lightroom Classic (LrC), so this one’s for you.

Lightroom classic editing