Effects, transitions, and color

Style your cut with transitions between clips, grade the color, key out a background, and layer on filters, mostly from a selected clip's inspector panel.

Quick overview

1. Select a clip and open the inspector panel on the right.
2. Adjust the quick Filters (brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, blur) for a fast fix.
3. Apply a transition to the start or end of a clip, and set its duration.
4. Grade the color with a preset or by hand with levels, or drop in a LUT.
5. Key out a green screen, or remove a background with AI, no green screen required.
6. Browse the Effects Library or Transitions Browser for ideas, and Text Templates for ready-made titles.

Detailed reference

Transitions

Dozens of transitions across seven categories, applied from the Transitions Browser or the clip's Transitions section in the inspector.

Category	Examples
Fade	Crossfade, Fade to Black, Fade to White, Flash, Dissolve
Wipe	Wipe Left/Right/Up/Down, Iris Open/Close, Diamond, Clock Wipe
Slide	Slide, Push, and Cover, each in multiple directions
Zoom	Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom + Rotate, Zoom Bounce
Rotate	Spin CW/CCW, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical
Blur	Blur In, Blur Out, Pixelate
Special	Glitch, Morph, Burn, Ripple, Curtain

Set an in and an out transition independently for a clip, each with its own duration from 0.1 to 3 seconds (0.5s by default).

There are three ways to apply one:

• Inspector > Transitions: pick from the In and Out dropdowns and set each duration directly.
• Right-click a clip > Transition In... / Transition Out...: opens a picker with category tabs, a card grid, and its own duration slider.
• Transitions Browser (toolbar Tools menu, or the dedicated toolbar button): browse by category with hover previews, choose whether a click applies to the clip's In edge, Out edge, or Both, then click a card to apply it to the selected clip, or drag a card straight onto a clip on the timeline.

Filters

Quick per-clip adjustments in the inspector: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue, and Blur. Use these for a fast fix without opening a dedicated panel.

Color grading

Enable color grading on a clip, then choose a preset or fine-tune with levels.

Control	Range
Preset	Cinematic Warm, Cold Blue, Vintage, Black & White, Sepia, High Contrast, Low Contrast, or None
In Black / In White	0 to 255
Gamma	20% to 300%

LUT browser

A separate library of 20 built-in look presets organized into 5 categories, with a live thumbnail preview on each card, plus an intensity slider from 0 to 100%. Import your own .cube file if you need a specific look. These are look presets computed on the fly, not imported industry .cube files, so treat them as a style starting point rather than a literal reference LUT.

Category	LUTs
Cinematic	Cinematic Teal & Orange, Moody, Film Noir, Blockbuster
Vintage	Kodak Portra, Fuji Superia, Polaroid, VHS
Social Media	Bright & Clean, Warm Glow, Cool Tone, Pastel Dreams
Correction	Daylight to Tungsten, Tungsten to Daylight, Flat to Rec.709, S-Log to Rec.709
Black & White	B&W High Contrast, B&W Soft, Sepia, Cyanotype

Chroma key

Pick the color to remove, then dial in the edge:

Control	Purpose
Key color	The background color to remove
Similarity	How close a pixel's color must be to count as background
Smoothness	Softens the edge between subject and background
Spill	Suppresses the key color reflected onto the subject's edges

AI background removal

Removes a background from any footage using on-device segmentation (MediaPipe), no green screen required. Adjust the threshold and feather amount for a clean edge. Preview may run at reduced quality on lower-end hardware; export always renders at full quality. Combine it with chroma key for a hybrid workflow.

Style filters

Apply a stylized look to a clip, with adjustable intensity.

Style	Look
Oil Paint	Thick, painterly brush strokes
Watercolor	Soft, bleeding color washes
Pencil Sketch	Hand-drawn line art
Anime	Flat color, graphic line art
Pop Art	Bold color blocks, high contrast
Mosaic	Tiled, faceted blocks of color
Starry Night	Swirling, painterly motion
Cubist	Fragmented, geometric planes
Neon Glow	Saturated color with a glowing edge
Comic Book	Bold outlines, halftone shading

The preview updates progressively and can lag on longer clips; export always bakes the effect frame by frame at full quality.

Face tracking

Right-click a clip and choose Face Track to analyze it with on-device face detection. Once tracking finishes, click Auto-Zoom to Face in the inspector to generate position and scale keyframes that follow the face across the clip, keeping it framed without manual keyframing.

Blend modes

Set how a clip composites with what is beneath it: Normal, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Lighten, Color Dodge, Color Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity.

Text templates

Ready-made overlay templates across five categories, meant to seed a styled text box you then restyle to match your video.

Category	Examples
Lower thirds	Minimal, Bold Bar, Gradient Bar, Split Line, Animated Line
Title cards	Centered, Cinematic, Glitch, Typewriter, Parallax
End screens	Subscribe CTA, Social Links, Credits Roll
Callouts	Speech Bubble, Arrow Label, Highlight Box
Social	IG Handle, YT Subscribe, TikTok Follow

Each template seeds a single, fully restylable text box with placeholder copy rather than a multi-part graphic, so expect to adjust font, color, and position after adding one. For adding text and shapes directly on the canvas without a template, see Text and typography.

Effects library

A categorized catalog, Color, Blur/Sharpen, Distortion, AI, Keying, and Audio, for browsing what is available and applying quick filters like Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Sharpen, Glitch, and Pixelate directly to a clip.

Step by step

1. Apply a transition between two clips

1. Select the first clip and right-click it.
2. Choose Transition Out..., pick a transition from the category tabs, and set a duration between 0.1 and 3 seconds.
3. Do the same on the second clip's Transition In if you want it to match, or leave it as a hard cut on that side.
4. For a faster workflow across many cuts, open the Transitions Browser from the Tools menu instead: pick In, Out, or Both, then drag a transition card straight onto a clip on the timeline.

2. Grade a clip, then layer a LUT on top

1. Select a clip and open the inspector's Color Grading section.
2. Turn grading on and choose a preset, or set In Black, In White, and Gamma by hand.
3. Open the LUT Browser (Ctrl + Shift + L) with the same clip still selected, browse by category, and click a LUT to apply it on top of your grade.
4. Bring the LUT's Intensity slider down for a subtler finish, or import a .cube file if you have a specific look you want to bring in.

3. Key out a background, with or without a green screen

1. Select the clip and open Chroma Key in the inspector if you shot on a green or blue screen: pick the key color, then adjust Similarity and Smoothness until the edge looks clean, and use Spill to tone down any color reflected onto the subject.
2. If you didn't shoot on a solid background, use AI Background Removal instead: enable it and adjust Threshold and Feather for a clean edge, no green screen required.
3. You can combine both on the same clip for a hybrid approach if one alone doesn't fully clean up the edge.
4. Preview quality is reduced for performance on both tools; check the real result by exporting a short range before committing to a full render.

4. Browse and apply an effect from the Effects Library

1. Open Effects Library from the Tools menu.
2. Filter by category, Color, Blur/Sharpen, Distortion, AI, Keying, or Audio, or scroll the full catalog.
3. Select a clip, then click an effect card to toggle it on; click it again to remove it. You can also drag a card straight onto a clip on the timeline.
4. Combine a couple of quick filters (for example Sharpen plus a color adjustment) rather than relying on one for the whole look.

Common tasks

Task	Steps
Reset a clip's quick filters	Open the inspector's Filters section and use its Reset control to clear brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and blur back to default
Set how a clip blends with the layer beneath it	Open the inspector's Blend Mode section and choose from the list; note the dropdown shows the technical name (for example color-dodge), not a spaced-out label
Bring in your own color look	Open the LUT Browser and use Import .cube File with a clip selected
Track and follow a face automatically	Right-click a video clip, choose Face Track (AI), then use Auto-Zoom to Face in the inspector once tracking finishes

Troubleshooting

• Clicking a LUT or opening a browser does nothing. Several of these tools need a clip selected first, LUTs in particular show a "Select a clip first" prompt. Select a clip, then try again.
• Color grading presets and blend modes show odd-looking names in the dropdown. That's expected: options like cinematic-warm, high-contrast, or color-dodge are the technical values, not a prettified label. Pick by the option text as shown; it still maps to the look described in the tables above.
• AI background removal or a style filter looks rough in the preview. Both downscale during playback to stay smooth (color grading also renders preview at half resolution), and always render at full resolution and quality when you export, so judge the final look from an exported clip rather than the live preview.
• AI background removal takes a moment the first time. It loads an on-device segmentation model over the network the first time you use it in a session; after that it's cached in your browser.
• Face tracking reports "failed." This can happen even on a clear, well-lit face. If it does, retry once, or fall back to manual keyframes on position and scale from the Keyframe Graph tool in the Tools menu.
• You can't find Text Templates in the toolbar. It isn't currently exposed there. Add and style text directly on the preview canvas instead, it becomes its own timed overlay clip automatically, see Text and typography.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + L	Open the LUT browser
Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y	Undo / redo an effect change

Tips

Grade last

Cut and arrange first, then grade. It is easier to match color once your clips are in their final order.

Layer a LUT on top of a preset

A color grading preset sets the overall look; add a LUT afterward at a lower intensity for a subtler finishing touch rather than relying on either alone.

Related

• Timeline and tracks for where clips and keyframes live
• Video editor overview for the full workspace
• Text and typography for styling text you add to the canvas
• Image editing for filters on still images
• Video export for rendering the final look