Steps
- Select clips on the main row (Shift-click or drag a box), then press Clean up in the bar above the timeline. On a narrow window it is under More.
- One clip: More › Clean up…
- Every clip: Edit › Clean up all clips… in the menu bar.
- Switch on what you want. Each row says what it will do before you switch it on.
- Watch the result in the preview: it applies as you switch.
- Press Done (or Esc). The top of the panel says what was done, with Undo.
The four switches
| Switch | What it does | Example of what the row says |
|---|---|---|
| Remove pauses | Cuts out the quiet parts | "4 pauses · 8.7 s shorter" |
| Captions from speech | Adds captions for what is said | "6 captions · edit in Text › Captions" |
| Mute clip sound | Turns the clips' own sound off | "2 clips" |
| Normal speed (1×) | Plays sped-up or slowed clips at normal speed again | "2 clips back to 1×" |
The first time, Remove pauses and Captions from speech check the clips first ("Finding pauses… 40%"). You can close the panel meanwhile: it applies when ready.
5 more details
- Clips it can't change are listed under "kept as it is", with the reason: locked, a photo, no sound, a compound clip, or has captions already.
- Captions go on the caption track, where Text › Captions edits and styles them. They need the speech model; Edivo asks before the one-time download. See Captions from speech.
- A check that finishes after you closed the panel applies as its own Undo step.
- To clean up inside a compound clip, open it first.
- Removing background noise from a voice is something else: Audio › Reduce noise in the left rail.