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The Video Editor is where you build a video yourself. You arrange media, text and motion elements on a timeline, get help from Aura, the editor’s AI assistant, and export the finished video.
The Video Editor is separate from Storyteller. A Storyteller film doesn’t open directly as an editor project, but you can download it and import it into a project to edit it. See Edit a Storyteller film.

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Create or open a project

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Create a project

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Start a new project

Select Projects in the main sidebar, then select Create Project. The Create New Project dialog opens.
The Create New Project dialog, with a Project Name field, an Aspect Ratio menu set to Landscape (16:9) — YouTube, and the Create Project button
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Name your project

Enter a name for your project.
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Choose an aspect ratio

Choose the aspect ratio that suits where your video will be shown:
  • Landscape (16:9) — YouTube
  • Portrait (9:16) — TikTok, Reels
  • Square (1:1) — Instagram
  • Vertical (4:5) — Social
You can change the aspect ratio later in the editor, using the aspect-ratio selector on the timeline.
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Create the project

Select Create Project. Your new project opens in the editor.

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Open an existing project

Select Projects in the main sidebar, then select the project’s card. The project opens in the editor.

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Parts of the editor

The Video Editor, with the Media Library panel on the left, the preview canvas in the center, the timeline below it and the Export button at the top right

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Top bar

The bar across the top of the editor shows your project’s details and gives you quick access to editor tools.
The top bar of the editor, showing the side-panel toggle, the project title, the aspect ratio and duration, the clock display, and the shortcuts, notifications, activity log and Export controls
When you click the clock, the same spot shows your credits instead:
The top bar of the editor with the credits display shown in place of the clock
The time and credit figures in these screenshots are examples. Your top bar shows your own values.

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A typical editing workflow

  1. Upload your footage to the Media Library, or find clips in Stock Media.
  2. Arrange your clips on the timeline.
  3. Add text, captions and motion elements.
  4. Fine-tune each clip, such as its position, volume, effects and animations, in its properties panel. See Clip properties.
  5. Use Aura to suggest edits, generate captions or remove silences.
  6. Export your video from the Output Inspector and download it.