I utilize the trim function extensively, and in in combination with enhancement or frame interpolation. In V3, the trim function is a regression in capability as provided in V2.
Issues with the time based trim:
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Applying start and end times - dragging the start and end slider does not provide the granularity to trim accurately.
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Editing Trim - after initial selection, editing the trim start and end times to exact split second or even second is not possible, it often changes. I cannot figure out why this is.
I either spend too much time trying to get the correct slice of video output through dragging the slider as slowly as humanely possible possible or repetitively changing the times. In most instances, it is never exactly correct and you therefore have to edit the output in an external video editing program.
By comparison, V2 allowed for more accurate trimming by utilizing start & end frames - this could be done by stepping through frame by frame with the keyboard arrow keys or input of the exact frame numbers for start and end positions.
Advantages of the frame based trim, as experienced through using it in V2:
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It’s 100% accurate.
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You can run enhancements on long videos in sessions and parts, selecting exact frames. For example do frames 1 to 10k today. At a later stage resume from frame 10k + 1 to frame 20K. Joining resulting clips is 100% accurate. This provides the capability to resume processing as it were, if you note down the last frame processed at the end of each session.
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Following on from 2, you can run different models on different portions of the original source knowing that once rejoined it is accurate.
Please consider changing V3 to a frame based trim.