Video editing

[STP Images]

I have searched online for two days to come up with a solution to no avail. Long story short, I have dozens of 30 second MOV clips from my 5DmkII. I want to incorporate the video into a ProShow Producer show. I only want 1 to 2 seconds of each video clip and ProShow allows you to edit the start and stop point of the embedded MOV file. However, the entire file stays embedded in the project, so after loading about ten different 30 second long MOV files to play a total of about 15 seconds in the output file, it DRAGS the system down due to the size of the files embedded in the ProShow file (not a PC issue - brand new system running quad Intel processors, 8gb RAM, huge video card capabilities, etc.)

I am looking for a video trimming package that will allow me to take a 30 second MOV file and trim out the 2 or 3 seconds of footage I want and THEN import it into ProShow. Is there anything out there (freeware or otherwise) that can take a 30 second MOV file and trim it to a 3 second MOV file? Thanks for any advice offered.

[texkam]

Comparison of video editing software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don't know if this will help or not.

List of video editing software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perhaps under "Video encoding and conversion tools"

[zramsey]

QuickTime Pro should do the trick, you can clip segments and export smaller portions of video.

[STP Images]

QuickTime Pro was indeed the answer. I had read a few posts in online forums that stated the cutting funcion was cumbersome and inaccurate, so I was looking for other options. Spoke to someone at Photodex and they said QTP was the answer, so I paid the $25 plus tax and now it works like a champ. Quick and easy. Hacking up 30 second clips into smaller ones is a simple "save as" function. Thanks - issue resolved.