Timeline editing
Studio’s timeline holds video, audio, titles, images and shapes on as many tracks as you need. Every edit is saved as part of the project’s history, and your originals are never changed.
Start a project
Section titled “Start a project”Pick a template to set the size and frame rate, such as YouTube 1080p, Vertical 9:16, Instagram square, Instagram portrait, X/Twitter or LinkedIn. You can also let Studio match the size and frame rate of the first clip you add.
Studio supports 24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 120 and 240 fps, and the NTSC rates 23.976, 29.97, 59.94 and 119.88.
Add media from your library. Studio uses your originals where they are, without copying them.
Edit on the timeline
Section titled “Edit on the timeline”| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Split | Cut a clip in two at the playhead |
| Trim | Shorten or lengthen a clip from either end |
| Ripple | Trim or delete and close the gap, moving later clips along |
| Roll | Move the cut between two clips without changing the total length |
| Slip | Change which part of a clip plays, keeping its place and length |
| Slide | Move a clip between its neighbours, which adjust to fit |
| Speed | Change a clip’s speed; later clips move to make room |
| Insert and Overwrite | Add a clip from the source monitor, pushing others along or replacing what’s there |
| Join | Rejoin clips that were split |
| Close gap | Remove empty space on a track |
Linked audio and video stay together when you move or trim them, and captions follow their clips. Markers let you flag moments to come back to. Undo and redo cover every edit.
Source monitor
Section titled “Source monitor”Open a clip in the source monitor to mark an in and out point, choose which tracks it goes to, then insert or overwrite it on the timeline.
Tracks
Section titled “Tracks”Each track can be named, muted, soloed, hidden or locked, and has its own volume. Edits that would change a locked track are refused, so you can protect finished parts of your film. Reorder or remove tracks as you go.
Sequences
Section titled “Sequences”A project can hold several timelines, called sequences, shown as tabs. Use them for an opening title, alternative cuts or a compound clip that you open on its own.
The timeline display
Section titled “The timeline display”The timeline shows filmstrip thumbnails and audio waveforms, snaps clips to each other and to markers, and shows timecode. The preview plays frame-accurately, with on-screen handles to move, scale, crop and rotate what’s selected.
Transitions
Section titled “Transitions”Add a transition on a cut between two clips and adjust its length. The quick choices are Cross dissolve, Dip to black, Wipe, Slide and Zoom, and many more wipes, irises, shapes and stylised effects are available.
Effects and blend modes
Section titled “Effects and blend modes”The editor includes GPU effects in several families, such as blur, colour, distortion, stylise (vignette, film grain, glow and more) and keying, with a chroma key for green or blue screen. Layers can use blend modes such as multiply, screen, overlay and soft light.
Masks limit an effect or a layer to part of the picture, with shapes or pen paths whose shape can change over time.
Keyframes
Section titled “Keyframes”Animate position, scale, rotation, opacity, crop, masks, text, effects and colour over time. In Advanced mode, add a keyframe at the playhead and fine-tune the timing in the graph editor, with easing such as ease in, ease out, hold and spring.