Tutorial · Beginner
Your first vertical edit in the browser
Six steps, one take, no signup. The recording below is the whole tutorial performed on the production build — and the MP4 is the file that session's export actually produced.
Open the editor, bring one clip
No signup. Drag any MP4/MOV/WebM from your device into the Assets panel — it lands on V1 at the playhead and the timeline stretches to fit it.
Park the playhead on the first cut point
Click the timeline ruler or drag the red playhead. The transport bar under the preview steps ±1 second; Space toggles playback.
Split (S) and delete (⌫)
With the clip selected, S splits every track at the playhead; Delete removes the selected piece. Keyboard-first: the toolbar buttons mirror both.
Tidy the rhythm with Auto-Adjust
Gaps from your deletions collapse leftward in one click, per track or across all tracks, keeping each track's order.
Add a caption line
The Text button drops an editable text clip on T1 at the playhead — drag it anywhere on the canvas, restyle it, resize it. For spoken words, use AI Tools → Captions (local Whisper).
Export, watermark-free
Pick resolution (720p–4K) and frame rate (30/60), hit Render, keep the tab visible. The file downloads when the real-time render completes; save the project backup beside it.
First-hand captures
Recorded from the production build of this site: a real browser session driving the real editor, with no cuts or retakes. Output files below were produced by the editor's own export engine.
Supported formats
- Import: MP4, MOV, WebM video; MP3, WAV audio; PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF images — read locally, never uploaded
- Export: MP4 (H.264/AAC) where the browser supports recording (Chrome 126+, Edge, Safari); WebM (VP9/VP8) elsewhere; 720p–4K, 30/60 fps
- Project files: .json backups covering clips, media references, timing and settings
Known limitations
- The browser render is real-time: a one-minute edit takes about one minute to export, and the tab must stay in the foreground
- Undo/redo history is capped at recent changes — save a project backup before big experimental passes
- Large projects live in browser storage, which is finite; heavy footage belongs in project-file backups
- Effects, keyframes and transitions are early beta — check the changelog before planning around them
Next: text, layering and safe zones, or the full stream-to-shorts workflow.
