Drop your video into fwip’s trimmer, set the start and end points, and download the trimmed clip. No iMovie. No upload. No timeline to learn. Takes ten seconds. Your video stays on your device.
How to do it
- Open fwip’s Trim Video tool.
- Drop your video in — MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI.
- Drag the start and end handles to select the section you want to keep.
- Hit Trim.
- Download your clip.
Why not iMovie?
iMovie is a full video editor. It imports your clip into a library. It creates a project. It has a timeline, transitions, titles, effects, audio tracks. It’s built for editing a short film, not cutting 3 seconds off the front of a screen recording.
If you just need to trim a clip — remove the awkward start, cut the dead air at the end, isolate a 10-second moment from a 2-minute recording — iMovie is overkill. You don’t need a workshop to cut a piece of string.
fwip’s trimmer does one thing: cut. Set in, set out, download. No project files, no library, no export settings.
Frequently asked questions
Can I trim without re-encoding? fwip’s trimmer cuts at the nearest keyframe when possible, minimising quality loss. For precision cuts between keyframes, a light re-encode happens automatically.
Can I cut a section from the middle of a video? The trim tool removes the start and end. For cutting a section from the middle, trim twice (before and after the section you want to remove) and merge the two clips with fwip’s merge tool.
Does trimming reduce quality? Negligibly. Keyframe-based cuts preserve original quality. If a re-encode is needed for precision, it’s done at the source quality level.
What’s the maximum file size? Browser handles up to 500MB–1GB depending on your device. Desktop app handles larger files.
Does it work on phone videos? Yes. iPhone MOV files, Android MP4 files — drop them in and trim.