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You can break a clip into smaller sections for precise editing or combine clips back together when you want to edit them as one unit.

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Split

To split a clip:
  1. Place your playhead in the timeline where you want to make the cut.
  2. Click the Split button, or right-click the clip and click Split clip.
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  1. Slide clips cannot be split. Only video clips can be split.
  2. Splitting a video clip will also split all associated elements (e.g., highlights, effects) and the script at the same point.

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Merge

Merging lets you combine clips back into a single clip after splitting. There are two ways to merge:
  1. Right-click on a clip in your timeline and click Merge with previous orMerge with next .
  2. Place the playhead at the boundary between two clips and click Merge. After splitting, the Split button will automatically change to Merge.

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Conditions for merging

You can only merge two clips if:
  1. Both clips are video clips (you cannot merge a slide clip with a video clip).
  2. The two video clips come from the same source input.
  3. You have not trimmed out any portion of the video between the two clips.
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