Create a blockbuster vacation video

Before you can edit your video, you need to watch it so that you know what's there and which footage you want to edit. Once you've opened your clip in the Gallery area, you can play it using the controls at the bottom of the Preview screen. As the jog bar moves under the video, the Time Code counter displays elapsed hours, minutes, seconds, and frames (left to right) from the start of your video clip.

Jot it down
As you view the clip, write down which segments you want to use, noting their start and stop times. Most editing packages provide tools for video logging as well. You can jump to any section of video by manually moving the jog bar. To perform more-precise movements, select the hour, the minute, and the second or the frame-number pair in the Time Code counter, then click either the up or down arrow to move forward or back.