Quick Guide: How to Trim Clips and Use Multi Trim in PowerDirector

Five steps in the redesigned Trim window.

Updated Oct. 31, 2026 · 1 min read

Steps

1Pick the mode

Pick Single Trim to change where one clip starts and ends. Pick Multi Trim to pull several highlights out of one long take in a single pass.

The tabs are at the top of the window.

The Single Trim and Multi Trim tabs boxed at the top of the PowerDirector Trim window.

2Mark in and out

Park the playhead and press I for the start, then O for the end. Or drag the yellow markers at either end of the selection.

The two yellow trim markers boxed at either end of the selection in the PowerDirector Trim window.

To place a cut on an exact frame, type into the right-hand column: Duration, In Position, and Out Position. A still of the in and out frames sits under each position.

The right-hand column of the PowerDirector Trim window boxed, showing Duration, In Position, and Out Position with stills of the in and out frames.

3Add more segments in Multi Trim

In Multi Trim, repeat the in and out marks. Each pair becomes a segment in the Selected Segments list on the right.

Three trimmed segments labeled Segment 1, Segment 2, and Segment 3 in the PowerDirector Multi Trim window, with the Selected Segments list boxed on the right.

4Fine-tune or remove a segment

Click a segment in the list, then click Select Range to zoom the timeline to it. To remove the segment, click the trash can icon below Select Range.

The trash can icon boxed on the selected segment in the PowerDirector Multi Trim list, below the Select Range icon.

5Preview and apply

Below the preview, to the left of the playback controls, Output plays only what you kept and Original plays the whole clip. When it looks right, click Apply at the bottom right.

The Original and Output buttons and the Apply button boxed in the PowerDirector Trim window, with Output selected.

We tested these steps in PowerDirector 365 version 25.0.10 on Windows.

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