Find your way
| Rail tab | What it holds |
|---|---|
| AI | Chat with the AI about this video |
| Media | Your files and stock footage |
| Music | Music and sound effects |
| Text | Titles, captions and the transcript |
| Effects | Looks, transitions and effects |
| Library | Your own footage, music and looks, in every project |
| Colour (Advanced) | Colour correction |
| Audio (Advanced) | Mixing and noise reduction |
| Masks (Advanced) | Masks and cut-outs |
A tab shows a few items per section. The last tile, See all, opens the whole list.
Simple, Advanced and the inspector
| You want | Do this |
|---|---|
| More tools | Switch Simple · Advanced at the top right, next to Export. Also under View › Editing mode and Settings › Editing mode |
| Every setting of the selected item | Press Inspector at the right end of the bar above the preview, or Ctrl+Alt+I (also View › Show inspector). It works in both modes |
| Back to the Start screen | Press the Edivo mark at the top left (Back to Start). The project stays saved |
The inspector starts closed in Simple and open in Advanced. Each mode remembers your choice.
Move and play
- Press Space to play or pause.
- Move the playhead with the left and right arrows: one frame. With Shift: one second.
- Zoom with = and - (or Ctrl+= and Ctrl+-), at the playhead. Shift+Z fits the whole video.
- Select a clip and use its toolbar, or right-click it.
- Point at the cut between two clips and click the + to add a transition. See Transitions.
Snapping
- Drag a clip or its edge. It sticks to the nearest point: the playhead, a clip edge, a caption edge, a beat or a marker.
- A line and a label in the ruler say what it snapped to.
- Hold Alt during the drag to place it freely. N turns snapping off or on.
- Drag toward the left or right edge of the timeline: the view scrolls.
- Esc during a drag puts the item back.
Move between rows
Drag an item up or down. An outline shows where it lands and the ruler says what will happen:
| The ruler says | Means |
|---|---|
| Behind "pin" / In front of "pin" | It changes which picture is on top |
| Becomes an overlay · its place closes | A main-row clip leaves the main row (Ctrl keeps the gap) |
| Insert into the story | An overlay goes into the main row |
| New picture track | Dropped above the top row (Advanced) |
| Pictures go on a picture row (in red) | That row can't take it; nothing changes |
Select several clips and drag one: they all move together.
Undo
- Ctrl+Z undoes. Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y redoes.
- Each drag is one undo step.
- History lists this session's steps and the saved versions you can go back to.
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- Advanced mode shows more tools (cut, slip, roll and slide tools, keyframes). The mode you pick is remembered in every project.
- The main row is magnetic: trimming, moving or deleting a clip closes the gap. See Trim, split and delete.
- Advanced: drag the top edge of the timeline to make it taller or shorter. Double-click the edge to go back. It is remembered on this computer.
- Advanced: drag a named track's header up or down to change the order of tracks.
- The playhead line can be dragged anywhere you see the ↔ pointer.
- Drag a photo or video from Media onto the preview to add it as an overlay at the playhead.
- A project is saved as you edit. The top bar shows Saved on this computer.
- Messages appear in a small pill at the top of the editor. A long one has More, a problem has Details. They go away by themselves, or close them.
- Press ? in the editor for every key. See Keyboard shortcuts.