Splitting and combining clips

You can split or combine audio, video, and pictures into smaller, more manageable clips. When you split a video or audio clip, the large clip is divided into two smaller clips. For example, if you have a video clip, and you want to insert a video transition in the middle of it, you can split the video clip at the point where you want to insert the video transition and then add the desired transition.

The following table indicates where you can split the different types of digital media files in Windows Movie Maker.

Conversely, you might have a file that was divided into smaller clips that you want to combine. You can combine contiguous clips. Contiguous clips means that the start time of the second clip immediately follows the end time of the first clip. For example, if you have a video or audio file that was divided into clips when it was imported into Windows Movie Maker, and the clips are named Clip 1, Clip 2, and Clip 3, in that order, you could combine Clip 1 and Clip 2, or Clip 2 and Clip 3. However, you cannot combine Clip 1 and Clip 3 because they are not contiguous. You can combine contiguous video clips in the Contents pane before adding the clip or clips to the storyboard/timeline.

Related topics

• To split a video or audio clip
• To combine a split audio or video clip
• Editing clips