In video editing, trimming a video is the primary task, which is sometimes difficult and time-consuming. Smart Trim auto-extracts best scenes based on attributes such as people (single or multiple), action, and the quality of the scenes.
If you would like to modify the auto-extracted results, you can change the slider position to add more or less scenes. You can further modify the results by manually adding, deleting, or changing the duration of individual scenes. When you are happy with the modification, preview and export the trimmed clip to the sceneline.
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Launch the Smart Trim screen from the Quick Goal screen or Quick view sceneline:
- If you are in the Quick Goal screen, you can directly launch the Smart Trim screen. For more information, see Quick Goal screen.
- If you are in Quick view sceneline, import media through the Add Media panel. For information about Quick view sceneline, see Premiere Elements 2019 in Overview.
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People This preset focuses on faces in the video clip along with other quality filters to find scenes with people. This preset is recommended for family-event videos (for example, wedding, birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas gatherings). 
Action This preset focuses on activities in the video clip along with other quality filters to find scenes where there is medium-to-high activity or action happening. This preset is recommended for sports and dance videos (for example, action sports, school sports, school ballet dance, kids dancing, and kids playing). 
Mix This preset focuses on the combination of faces, activities, and camera motion along with other quality filters to find scenes. This preset is recommended for travel and nature videos (for example, beaches, mountains, cruises, and vacations with the family.) -
If you are not satisfied with the automatic extraction, do one of the following:
- Use the slider to manage the number of extracted scenes. Drag the slider to the left to extract fewer scenes or to the right to extract more scenes.
- Change the preset.
- Manually extract scenes.
- Remove unwanted extracted scenes.
- Use the slider to manage the number of extracted scenes. Drag the slider to the left to extract fewer scenes or to the right to extract more scenes.
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Smart trim optionsReset
Click to remove all the extracted scenes. For information about removing a specific extracted scene, see Remove unwanted extracted scenes.
Mark Manually
Click to manually extract scenes from the clip. For more information, see Manually extract scenes.
Export
Click to export all the extracted scenes as a single clip to the sceneline. For information about the Export & Share dialog box, see Export and share your videos.
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People This preset focuses on faces in the video clip along with other quality filters to find scenes with people. This preset is recommended for family-event videos (for example, wedding, birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas gatherings). Action This preset focuses on activities in the video clip along with other quality filters to find scenes where there is medium-to-high activity or action happening. This preset is recommended for sports and dance videos (for example, action sports, school sports, school ballet dance, kids dancing, and kids playing). Mix This preset focuses on the combination of faces, activities, and camera motion along with other quality filters to find scenes. This preset is recommended for travel and nature videos (for example, beaches, mountains, cruises, and vacations with the family.) -
If you are not satisfied with the automatic extraction, do one of the following:
- Use the slider to manage the number of extracted scenes. Drag the slider to the left to extract fewer scenes or to the right to extract more scenes.
- Change the preset.
- Manually extract scenes.
- Remove unwanted extracted scenes.
- Use the slider to manage the number of extracted scenes. Drag the slider to the left to extract fewer scenes or to the right to extract more scenes.
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Reset
Click to remove all the extracted scenes. For information about removing a specific extracted scene, see Remove unwanted extracted scenes.
Mark Manually
Click to manually extract scenes from the clip. For more information, see Manually extract scenes.
If some of your favorite scenes are not in the set of automatically extracted scenes, you can extract those scenes manually.
in the timeline.
to increase or decrease the duration of the extracted scene.
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