Can I delete a single frame easily?

Is there any way to simply delete a single frame without having to invoke the crop markers?

In Quicktime player, it's so simple to select a single frame or a few frames using the arrow+shift keys. Is there any simple way tot od this in iMovie?

I have one single frame I want to cut out but being on tnat frame the Edit Cut menue is greayed out. I just wanna cut one frame here and there simply. It's a pain to always have to invoke the crop markers just to edit out one or two frames.

iMac G4/1.25GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 1.5GB RAM

Posted on May 24, 2007 10:56 AM

Reply
16 replies

May 31, 2007 4:11 AM in response to Klaus1

Klaus, suffice it to say I have no idea what you are talking about. I have read and re-read your post and have tried what you say, but it really makes no sense at all. I think you obviously misunderstand my question. And again I will say, completely negates my originaly wanting to know; HOW CAN I SIMPLY DELETE ONE SINGLE FRAME AS EASILY AS I CAN DO IN QUICKTIME PLAYER PRO? (In QT Player, you can simply cut [Apple-C] a single frame wherever the play head is.)
In iMovie it just doesn't work that way. I have found that I must use the play head and then use the A+B scrubbers to highlight a portion of my clip. Doing so this way is a royal pain just to delete one single frame. In addition, you go even further away from what I want to do by suggestion I use the crop (Apple-K) function. Which if I were to use cropping, would delete everything BUT the single frame that I want to delete in the first place.

May 24, 2007 12:24 PM in response to Klaus1

I don't think that is the simplicity I was looking for. In order to highlight, I sitll need to invoke the crop markers. And Apple-K crops everything outside of the highlighted area, which is almost exactly opposite of what I was trying to do in the first place.

I really just wanted a simple way to delete a single frame where ever the Playhead sits. Thanks for your help though.

May 27, 2007 7:56 AM in response to robocub1

I am aware of that, so I shall repeat my post which was obviously unread:

In iMovie, highlight the clip in question, and use the keyboard arrow keys to advance, or go back, one single frame at a time.

Command (Apple key) + K cuts the frame where you want, in this case either side of the single frame, then delete the single frame!

May 31, 2007 6:53 AM in response to robocub1

A technique that works:

- go to the timeline viewer
- move the play head to one frame before the frame you want to cut.
- press command T. This splits the clip at that point.
- move the play the play head by pressing the right arrow key twice. This moves the play head to the frame after the one you want to cut.
- press command T again to isolate the frame.
- Use the Zoom button at the lower left corner to expand the timeline and you will see your single frame. The highlight it and cut.

Try it out. You will find that at times you may select a couple of frames.

I have the same frustration with the cropping function, especially in trying to eliminate one or two frames at the beginning or end of a clip.

May 31, 2007 7:22 AM in response to Klaus1

Klaus, no worries. I appreciate your trying. Ben did seem to explain in a way that makes sense to me. It still s*cks that cutting or deleting a single frame is no where near as easy in iMove as it is in the QT Player. Btw, the A/B scrubbers I'm talking about are detailed in iMovie's help section. Perhaps I used the wrong term for them, maybe "crop markers" are the correct term. (copied & pasted exactly below):

To select part of a clip:
Select the clip by clicking it in the Clips pane, clip viewer, or timeline viewer.
Drag the playhead (A, shown above) to where you want your selection to begin.
Place your pointer (B, shown above) just below the playhead, and then drag to the right to include the footage you want to select.
The gold portion of the scrubber bar (shown below) highlights the footage you've selected.

To precisely adjust the length of your selection, click a crop marker (shown below) to select it, and then press the Left or Right Arrow key to move the crop marker one frame at a time. To move the marker in ten-frame increments, hold down the Shift key while pressing the arrow key.

iMac G4/1.25GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5GB RAM

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Can I delete a single frame easily?

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.