MAY 2020 PCWorld 117video back to the beginning.) Click Done
when you’re finished.
Video Editor will then take you back toVideo Editor is a relatively new
addition to Windows, though it’s
closely tied to the existing Photos
app—in fact, you’ll see Photos in
the header, rather than Video
Editor. Video Editor is basically a
slimmed-down version of
Windows Story Remix (go.
pcworld.com/rmix), a 2017 app
that quietly faded alongside
Windows’ mixed-reality effort.
When you open Video Editor,
you’ll want to select the button
that asks you to open a new
video project. That will take you
to this screen, titled Video Projects:
In the Project Library box, click the Add
button and select your video file. The clip
will then appear in the Project
Library. You’ll then need to drag it
down to the Storyboard below,
and into the first box. It’s here
that you can add all sorts of
effects to your video, but for our
purposes we only need one: the
Trim feature.
The Trim screen allows you to
use the two trim markers to the
left and right to define where
your clip begins and ends. You
can use the Seek pin to help you
set the defined limits on either
end. (Remember, Zoom will
loop the end of the trimmed
Once you’ve loaded your video file, trim it using this button.Adjust the length of your video clip using the Trim feature.
Remember that you’re going to be looping the video, so select
just a small portion of it.