Video pages
A video part turns one slot in your project into a complete multi-track video editor: a timeline of clips below, and a preview canvas above for text and graphics over the footage. This page covers the video part itself, how you create one, what it starts with, and how it fits alongside your other parts. The actual editing tools each have their own page, linked below.
Quick overview
- Add a video part from the page tabs, or hover the + button and choose Video.
- Pick an aspect ratio, or start straight from a screen or camera recording.
- The timeline opens with empty tracks; add media (import files or record) to build the edit.
- Trim, add transitions and effects, mix audio, then export when the edit is ready.
Detailed reference
Creating a video part
There are two ways to add one: hover the page tabs + and choose Video, or open the Templates panel and switch to the Video tab. Either way you get a new part at 1920 x 1080 (Full HD, 16:9) with a black background, and the multi-track video editor opens automatically. From the Video tab you can also start from a recording or straight from imported media rather than an empty timeline.
Choosing the frame size
The Video tab offers a set of aspect-ratio presets to start from, so you can match the shape of the destination before you edit:
| Preset | Size |
|---|---|
| 16:9 Landscape | 1920 x 1080 |
| 9:16 Portrait | 1080 x 1920 |
| 1:1 Square | 1080 x 1080 |
| 4:5 Instagram | 1080 x 1350 |
| 4:3 Classic | 1440 x 1080 |
If you add a video part from the page tabs instead, it starts at 16:9 (1920 x 1080); you can change the aspect ratio later from inside the editor.
What a new video page starts with
A fresh video part opens with four empty video tracks and a preview canvas, on a black background, with a duration of zero. Nothing plays or exports until you add a clip. You add clips by importing media (the Add Media button or dragging files onto the timeline), or by recording (audio, camera, screen, or screen plus camera), which drops the captured clip straight onto the timeline. The part's duration is not fixed: it grows to cover your clips, so the finished length is wherever your last clip ends.
What the video editor covers
The editing tools live in their own set of pages:
- Overview of the workspace and its panels.
- Timeline and tracks for clip operations and multi-track editing.
- Effects, transitions, and color, including chroma key and background removal.
- Audio, recording, and subtitles.
- Video export for render settings and formats.
Video is a part, like any other
A video sits alongside your pages, scenes, and slide decks in the same project, and it sleeps like any other part when you're not actively working on it. Each video part keeps its own timeline, so a project can hold several videos side by side. Export always targets one part on its own, the same way a page exports by itself; there is no single whole-project export, because a project mixes many part types. See Projects and parts.
Step by step
Create a video page and see what it starts with
- Hover the page tabs + and choose Video, or open the Templates panel and switch to the Video tab. You get a new part at 1920 x 1080 with a black background.
- The multi-track timeline opens with four empty video tracks and a preview canvas above. There are no clips yet, and the duration reads zero.
- Add your first clip: click Add Media (or drag files onto the timeline) to import video, audio, or images, or use a record tool (Audio, Camera, Screen, or Screen plus Camera) to capture straight onto the timeline.
Move into the full timeline editor
- Once a clip is on the timeline, trimming, splitting, layering, and arranging all happen there. See Timeline and tracks.
- Apply per-clip transitions, color grading, and other effects from the inspector on the right. See Effects, transitions, and color.
- Mix levels, clean up sound, record, and add subtitles. See Audio, recording, and subtitles.
Understand size and duration before export
- Set the frame size up front from the Video tab presets, or change the aspect ratio later inside the editor.
- Remember the duration is dynamic: it always covers your clips, so trimming or adding a clip changes the finished length.
- Export renders this part on its own to a file. See Video export.
Common tasks
- Start from a recording: Templates panel, Video tab, then a record tool (Audio, Camera, Screen, or Screen plus Camera).
- Start from existing footage: click Add Media, or drag files onto the timeline.
- Change the aspect ratio: pick a preset when you create the part, or switch it inside the editor.
- Keep several videos in one project: add more Video parts from the page tabs; each keeps its own timeline.
Troubleshooting
- My new video page is empty. That is expected. A video part opens with four empty tracks and a zero duration; add a clip by importing media or recording before you can play or export anything.
- Choosing Video didn't change my current page. If the page you are on already has content, the editor offers to open the video on a new page so your existing work is untouched. Board pages always open the video on a new page.
- The first video page took a moment to open. The video editor is a large subsystem that loads on first use, so the very first open in a session can take a short moment; later opens are immediate.
- After a reload a clip looks missing for a second. Imported media is saved so the timeline survives a reload, and clips re-link from storage as the page loads. Give it a moment; see also the project model in Projects and parts.
- There is no export for the whole project. Export always targets one part. A video part exports as its own file; there is no single whole-project export, because a project mixes many part types.
Tips
Skip the import step
Starting from a screen or camera recording lands the footage on the timeline the moment you stop recording, with nothing to import by hand.
Each video is its own part
A project can hold several video parts side by side with pages, scenes, slide decks, and boards. Each video keeps its own timeline and sleeps when you switch away, so moving between parts is cheap.