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How to use Smart edit

Join several clips on your canvas into one finished video: set the order, trim, let AI write captions and add music. Every step below is a recording of the real thing.

Try it on a canvas Watch the 1-minute walkthrough
  1. Shot 1
  2. Shot 2
  3. Shot 3
  4. Shot 4
Four 8-second shots, plus AI captions, shrunk to 15 seconds with music added, became the 15-second video on the right.

  1. Add a Smart edit node

    Drag out from the + on the right of any video node, let go and choose "Smart edit"; the new node is connected automatically. You can also use "Add node" at the bottom of the canvas.

  2. Connect the videos and music

    Drag from the + of each other video node onto the edit node. Audio nodes can be connected too and used as music. The node shows how many clips are connected and the total length.

  3. Open the editor and set the order

    Click "Open editor" or double-click the node. Clips start out in left-to-right canvas order; drag them in the timeline at the bottom to reorder, and click "Order as on canvas" to put them back.

  4. Let AI write captions

    Click "AI captions" and AI writes one line per clip from its generation prompt, so together they tell a story. Select a clip to edit its text, or click "Undo last change" if you don't like the result.

  5. Shorten and trim

    Click "15 s", "30 s" or "60 s" and every clip is shortened in proportion, keeping the middle. For finer control, select a clip and drag the "Start" and "End" sliders, or play to the frame you want and click "Start here".

  6. Preview from the start

    Click play or press the space bar to play the whole video in order. Captions appear at the same size and position as in the exported video.

  7. Pick music and export

    Under "Music", pick the connected audio and set the volume, then click "Export video". You can keep working while it exports; when it's done the video appears on the node, ready to play, download or connect to other nodes.

Good to know

Cost
Exporting with Smart edit doesn't use credits for now; each person can export 30 times a day.
Length
Up to 30 clips and 5 minutes per video.
Aspect ratio
Choose 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1; the default follows the first clip. Clips with a different ratio get black bars instead of being cropped.
Transition
Clips can cut straight or fade into each other, and the video can fade in from and out to black.
Sound
If the music is shorter than the video it loops, and it fades out at the end. Each clip's original sound can be muted on its own.
Changes
To change an exported video, click "Edit again" on the node to go back to the editor, then export again.

The whole thing in one minute

From adding the node to exporting the video, with no steps cut out.

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