Editing your video
Edit Narrated Tutorial Videos in ScreenDub
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In short
- One place for the player, the script, and every setting that shapes the finished video.
- What you see in the preview is exactly what exports.
- Edit any segment’s wording, split it, delete it, or trim it.
- It is not a frame-by-frame timeline. Cuts to the raw footage happen before upload.
The editor is where you review and refine a video. Open any project from your dashboard to get there. Everything for that video lives in one place: the player, the script, and every setting that changes how the finished video looks.
How a video is built
Your video is made of segments. Each segment is a short part with its own line of narration. You work on one segment at a time, which keeps small changes quick and safe.
What you see in the player is what you get on export. The preview and the final file are drawn by the same code, so a background, a caption, or a title card looks the same in both. You never have to export to find out how a change landed.
The player
- Play from the start, or click anywhere on the scrubber to jump.
- The filmstrip under the player shows frames from your video, so you can find a moment by sight instead of by guessing at a time.
- The playhead position and the exact final duration are shown beside the bar.
- Click a chapter in the script panel to jump straight to that part.
The script panel
- Read and edit the wording of any segment, then re-narrate just that one. See Corrections & re-narration.
- Split a long segment in two, or delete one you do not need.
- Trim silence from the end of a segment.
- Edit the video title and the label on any chapter, right where they are listed.
- Edit the opening and closing lines that play over the intro and conclusion.
The toolbar
- Shape. Pick the shape of the finished video: Auto, Widescreen 16:9, Square 1:1, Portrait 4:5, or Vertical 9:16.
- CC. Turn captions on or off for the preview and the export. See Captions.
- Customize. Opens the panel that holds every look-and-feel setting. See Customizing the look.
- Export. Renders and downloads the finished file. See Exporting & rendering.
Your changes are saved
Every setting is stored with the project. Close the tab, come back tomorrow, and your background, music, captions, titles, and crop are all still there.
What the editor does not do
The editor is not a frame-by-frame timeline. You cannot reorder the footage or splice in a second video. Cuts, crops, and blurs on the raw recording happen before upload, on the review step. See Editing your recording.
Next steps
Change how the video looks in Customizing the look.
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