Trim videos via text or timeline. With Riverside’s text-based editor, you can cut video as easily as deleting text from your recording transcript.
Record your video directly on Riverside for the best quality, or upload an existing file to get started.
Use the AI transcript to highlight and delete chunks of your recording and matching video. Or, use the timeline remove any part you want.
Shorten or lengthen your cuts in the timeline. Customize with captions, overlays, and more.
Preview your edits and download your new trimmed video. Or share directly on your social profiles.
Use the text-based editor to trim your videos like editing a doc. Delete words from the AI-generated transcript to cut out unnecessary sections.
Prefer a traditional timeline? The timeline editor gives you frame-by-frame accuracy to split clips, rearrange content, and trim sections to perfection.
Turn long recordings into multiple shareable clips. Magic Clips uses AI to cut your videos' key moments into short, social media-ready clips.
Trim your video by removing filler words and long pauses automatically. Or remove a phrase or word from everywhere in the video in one click.
With aspect ratios and presets for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and other popular social media platforms, cut your video easily and share faster than ever.
Edit your videos directly in your browser on your Mac or Windows PC. No need for heavy software—just upload, trim, and export.
Look for intuitive and user-friendly tools that will make video trimming quick and easy. If you're a beginner, look for a bulk-free editor or editing presets for social platforms.
Save time with automated features and tools. For example, Riverside generates transcripts that are 99% accurate and has a clip maker that turns your videos’ key moments into clips automatically.
Edit videos like a document. Riverside's text-based editor makes video trimming easy, even for first-timers. Simply edit your recording transcript to make quick and precise edits to your video.
Ensure your videos maintain their original quality. Look for tools that support high-resolution with at least HD or –even better– 4K quality.
Choose a trimmer that works seamlessly across devices—Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android—so you can edit anytime, anywhere. Riverside works on all the above, and even offers dedicated mobile apps for your iphone or Android device.
Do you specifically need an MP4 video trimmer? Or maybe you’re using MOV files. Make sure your online cutter supports the file formats you work with.
Need a video cutter to repurpose your webinar or YouTube content into Shorts, TikToks or Reels? With platform-ready presets and AI captions and clips, turn your videos into weeks' worth of content in a few clicks.
With text-based editing and AI tools like silence and filler words removal, Magic Clips and Captions, making videos for your social channels or your marketing pages becomes so easy even a first-timer can do it.
If you’re using Riverside’s video cutter online, then follow these steps to trim your video:
Step 1: Record or upload your video and then open it in the Editor.
Step 2: Go to the editing timeline and drag your video's beginning or end points to trim it on either end. You can also place your cursor where you want to cut and click “Split” to cut a track in two.
Alternatively, review the recording transcript and click “Delete” to remove the text you want to cut in your video. This automatically deletes the corresponding video.
You can also select text you want to keep and click the three-dotted menu, then “Keep only this”.
Step 3: Finish editing your video and click “Export” to save it.
Depending on the platform you use this process can be quick or time-consuming. Most free platforms offer basic capabilities, so you may often find that you can't trim specific parts of your video.
If you're a beginner, Riverside has a text-based editor. that makes it super easy and intuitive to spot the parts you want to cut.
Simply open the automatically-generated transcript, highlight the text you want to cut, and delete it. The video and audio will automatically sync to reflect your changes.
Most platforms require you to work on an editing timeline. There, you need to find the exact part(s) you want to cut and split or remove them.
If you're used to working with an editing timeline, you'll love Riverside's. With separate tracks for each speaker you get increased control and sophisticated editing from the outset. And with a color-coded timeline, automatic chapters, and more you'll find that professional-grade editing doesn't mean needing years of experience.
The fastest way to cut clips is with a clip generator.
Use Riverside’s Magic Clips, which uses AI to find highlights in your recording and cut them into social-ready clips.
You can also manually create clips in the Editor.
Place markers on the timeline and click “Split” to divide your video manually. Adjust each clip, and export it individually or as part of a larger project.
If you want to crop video on Riverside, follow these steps:
We've written a full guide on how to crop video.
We’ve got a full guide on how to trim videos on any device. But to sum up, to trim a video saved in your camera roll follow these steps:
For more advanced trimming, consider using a dedicated video editing tool to cut specific sections or add extra features.
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