LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie star Alec Baldwin on Wednesday said a video showing his violent confrontation with a photographer trying to take pictures of his actress wife Kim Basinger and their baby daughter could have been edited. Testifying in court for the second day, Baldwin alleged that video shot by photographer Alan Zanger had been edited to make Baldwin`s behaviour look worse than it was. "There is a jump cut in this tape," the actor said under cross-examination by Zanger`s attorney Leonard Steiner, who was attempting to discredit Baldwin`s account of what happened on Oct. 26, 1995. The actor suggested the videtape shot by Zanger had been edited to leave out part of what happened. Baldwin, acquitted in 1996 of a battery charge for punching Zanger, was testifying in Superior Court in suburban Van Nuys in a civil trial. The hearing is attempting to resolve dueling lawsuits brought by Zanger and Baldwin. Zanger, who was trying to snap pictures of the Hollywood couple bringing home their 3-day-old daughter, Ireland, from the hospital, has sued the actor for inflicting emotional distress, loss of an estimated $200,000 in income a year and assault and battery. Zanger, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall and was described by Baldwin as "a mousey little guy," says his nose was broken by the

6 foot, 200-pound Baldwin. Baldwin countersued Zanger, who specialises in paparazzi-type celebrity photos, for invasion of privacy. The actor`s lawyer this week dropped an allegation of stalking against the photographer. During the incident, Baldwin sprayed shaving cream on the windows of Zanger`s van parked in the street outside Baldwin`s house in a San Fernando Valley suburb. In another attempt to discredit Baldwin, Steiner asked if he banged on the truck and yelled at Zanger. Baldwin denied he shouted and said he merely knocked on the window of the van where Zanger was crouched videotaping him. The lawyer read from a police report that indicated Baldwin shouted at Zanger, but the actor said he only raised his voice later, during the physical confrontation. Closing arguments were expected to begin on Thursday.