Trim

Clip a video segment by start and end offset, or by start and duration.

Trim a video to a shorter clip by setting the start offset (so_) and either an end offset (eo_) or a duration (d_). Offsets are accurate to the second.

Trimming runs first in the pipeline, so any later transform processes only the trimmed segment.

How to trim a clip?

Set the start offset to 5 s (so_5), then define the end with either eo_ (an absolute point on the timeline) or d_ (a length from the start).

Token	Name	Example	What it does
so_	Start offset	so_5	Start the clip at 5 s
eo_	End offset	eo_15	End the clip at 15 s on the timeline
d_	Duration	d_10	Keep 10 s from the start offset

eo_ and d_ are two ways to define the same clip end: so_5,eo_15 and so_5,d_10 both produce the segment from 5 s to 15 s.

Original

5s to 15s Clip

https://assets.autorender.io/LOKVTtKVGb/so_5,eo_15,w_400/doc/skateboarding.mp4

First 5 Seconds

https://assets.autorender.io/LOKVTtKVGb/so_0,eo_5,w_400/doc/skateboarding.mp4

We recommend trimming before converting to GIF (e.g. so_5,d_10,f_gif) because a shorter segment keeps the GIF file size down. See Convert to GIF.

Next steps

Convert to GIF

Turn a trimmed segment into a lightweight GIF.

Resize & aspect ratio

Set dimensions or a ratio on the trimmed clip.