I have some scenes that I have ripped from dvds. From these scenes I want only specific parts. I have used the razor tool to cut out the parts that I dont want from each scene. My problem is that the file sizes are massive now that I have A) edited the scenes and B) exported the avi out of premiere.

What was 30MB or 50 MB after being ripped from the dvd is now anything between 300-500MBs. I would have thought that the files would now be much smaller now that they have been cut up and are a lot shorter. Does anyone know why this is happening?