

Now we have a small clip created from the larger video. Save your project (always save your projects often in case OpenShot crashes silently, especially if you have placed many clips on the timeline). The Position property (if you have properties displayed) should show 0 (meaning frame 1). Left-align the segment clip by dragging to the left to the beginning of the timeline. Select the end of the segment, right click handle and choose Slice All > Keep left side. Right-click the blue oval slider handle and choose Slice All > Keep right side.

Select the start of a segment (clip) of the file that you would like to create. You can create and export clips in one project, and import them wherever you wish in other projects. These are called XML Projects, not clips.

More efficient use of OpenShot can be achieved by exporting and importing clips.
