Clip Properties
The properties panel on the right edits whatever you have selected. Select nothing and it shows the canvas settings and your markers instead.
How selection drives the panel
- Select one clip to edit its full set of properties.
- Select several clips to change a shared property on all of them at once.
- The panel only shows tabs for the property groups that apply to the current selection.
A Mixed value means the selected clips do not share that setting right now. Changing it applies one value to all of them.
Controls shared by visual clips
- Transform: position, size, rotation, and anchor point.
- Crop: crop each edge inward, with a softness control for the crop edge.
- Opacity and Blend: fade a clip and choose how it composites over the layers below.
- Video: playback speed and related timing for video clips.
- Zoom: push the camera in on part of a clip over a stretch of time, then back out.
Many numeric controls can be animated. Look for the keyframe toggle beside the value, and see Keyframe Animation.
Zoom into part of a clip
A zoom is a camera push-in over a stretch of one clip. It eases in and back out on its own, and it only moves that clip, so text and overlays above it stay put.
- Put the playhead where the zoom should land, then use Add zoom at playhead in the Zoom section, or right-click the clip and pick it there.
- Set how close it gets with the Level slider or a preset, from 1.25x to 5x.
- Press Choose area on preview and drag the rectangle over the part of the picture you want. The rectangle is the exact area that will fill the frame, and it cannot leave the picture.
- Drag the band along the bottom of the clip to move the zoom, or drag its edges to change how long it lasts.
Remove a zoom with the trash icon on its row, or select its band and press Delete. Two zooms that touch glide from one to the next. Leave any gap between them and the camera pulls all the way back out in that gap. A clip can hold as many zooms as you like, and they render in your export exactly as they play in the preview.
Controls per clip type
| Clip type | Controls |
|---|---|
| Audio | Gain, fade in and out, pitch, and a per-clip equalizer. See Audio Editing. |
| Text | Content, font, size, color, alignment, background, spacing, effects, and animation. See Text, Captions, and Subtitles. |
| Shape | Shape type, path, fill, stroke, mask, and feather. See Shapes and Masks. |
| Subtitle | Cue timing and text, plus caption style presets. |
| Color | Wheels, curves, and grading tools. See Effects and Color. |
Markers
The panel lists every marker in the project under a Markers heading, sorted by time. The list is always reachable: it sits below the canvas settings when nothing is selected, and below the marker editor when a marker is selected.
- Each row shows the marker color, its label (or a default name), and its timecode.
- Select a row to make it the active marker and jump the playhead there.
- The trash icon on a row removes that marker. Clear all removes every marker at once.
- Press
Mto drop a marker at the playhead.
Selecting a marker opens its editor above the list, where you can change the Frame position, edit the Label, and set the Color from a preset swatch or reset it. The Time field shows the timecode as read-only, and Delete Marker removes it.