Trimming clips and removing silences in Submagic

SSubmagic Try it →Watch full video →Vince Opra · Feb 2025

Demo summary

The demonstration shows how to manually adjust clip boundaries using the scissor tool and use the 'clean up audio' feature to automatically remove silences and filler words.

Step-by-step

Click the scissor icons to view the AI-selected clip boundaries
Select a segment of the transcript and click Remove from selection to trim the hook
Select a new part of the transcript and click Add to selection to include it in the timeline
Click on Clean up audio to open the silence removal menu
Choose a speed preset, such as Fast, to automatically remove silences
Toggle the filler word removal to delete specific words like 'ah' from the script

Options

Choose from five different audio cleanup speed options
Include or exclude silences manually
Remove specific filler words identified by the AI

Tips

Remove parts of the intro that don't add to the hook to keep the video engaging

Highlights

“I could easily do that by just clicking on it”

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