Video Editor

Player and canvas

The Player shows the frame under the playhead, and its canvas is where you place things directly: every visible clip gets a box you can move, scale and rotate with the mouse or your fingers. Under the canvas sit the transport controls; above it, the view and snapping options.

Move, scale and rotate on the canvas

Click a clip on the canvas to select it (Shift-click adds or removes). Its box shows handles:

Gesture	What it does
Drag inside the box	Move the clip.
Drag a corner or side handle	Resize. The opposite edge stays put.
Shift + drag a corner	Keep the proportions.
Alt + drag a handle	Resize from the centre.
Drag the knob above the box	Rotate. Shift locks to 15° steps.
Click empty canvas	Clear the selection.
Two fingers on a selected clip	Scale and rotate it together.

Text set to Reflow re-wraps inside its box when you resize it (the font size stays); Scale stretches it like any element. See .

Captions on the canvas

Drag a caption to move it (a caption without its own position moves every caption on its track). Double-click a caption to retype it; press Enter to finish. Retyped words keep their timing.

The motion path

When a clip's position is keyframed, the canvas draws the path its anchor travels, with a dot on each position keyframe:

Tap a dot to jump the playhead to that keyframe.
Drag a dot to move that keyframe's position.
Drag a tangent handle to bend the path through the keyframe; the other side mirrors it for a smooth curve.
Double-click a dot to switch between a sharp corner and a smooth curve.

Snapping and view options

Option	What it does
Safe-area snapping	Box edges and centre pull to the canvas edges, centre and safe insets; rotation pulls to right angles.
Grid snapping	The anchor snaps to a grid; rotation rounds to 5°.
Dim background	Darken everything outside the canvas, so overhanging video is easy to spot.
Fit to viewport	Fit the canvas back into the view.
Canvas background color	Colour (pick one) or Blur (a blurred copy of the picture). Not offered in templates.

Zoom and pan the canvas

Scroll to pan; Ctrl/⌘ + scroll or pinch to zoom about the pointer (10% to 500%).
Drag the background, or drag with the middle mouse button anywhere, to pan.

Transport controls

Control	What it does
Rewind	Go to the start.
Previous frame / Next frame	Step one frame.
Play / Pause	Space. Shows Buffering while media loads.
Mute / Unmute, Volume	Player sound only, not the project.
Position	The current time / the total length.
Preview for social media	Draw TikTok, YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels over the canvas, to see what their buttons cover. Needs a 9:16 canvas.
Fullscreen	Fill the screen with the Player.