How to Perform advanced edits

In and out points

Tap a clip’s thumbnail to watch it in the Source Preview pane. Scrub through it using the jog wheel. To add an In point, swipe down. To add an Out point, swipe up. Fine–tune your selection using the blue trim handle.

In the loop

Once you’ve chosen In and Out points, you can assess your selection by holding a finger on the Source Preview pane’s Play button. The footage between the In and Out points will play in a loop, ideal for reviewing.

Drag and drop

After choosing a section of a clip, hold your finger on the clip in the Source Preview pane and then drag it to the timeline. You can continue to trim it there by tapping on it and then dragging its start and end trim handles.

Precision playhead

To move the playhead through the timeline frame–by–frame, swipe left to move forward a frame. A ‘+1’ indicator will appear in the Preview pane. Swipe right to move the playhead back a frame. A ‘-1’ overlay then shows.

Alter source range

You can edit timeline clips with just a tap. If you want to change the range of footage used in the clip but keep its length, tap the Slip icon. Slide the selected range under the preview to fine–tune the clip’s contents.

Insert or overwrite

In Insert mode, double–tapping a clip inserts it at the playhead’s position; if in the middle of a clip, that will be split in two and footage moved right. Overwrite mode does replace footage, starting at the playhead.

Superimpose a clip

Drag a clip from the preview pane or browser to the timeline. Let go above the main track to add a new parallel one. Tap there to select it, then pick a picture–in–picture preset, or drag the clip’s handles to resize manually.

Replace a clip

In Insert mode, drag a new clip onto one in the timeline. You’ll get two options: use footage from the new clip to fit the length of the one you’re replacing, or adjust the clip in the timeline to fit what you dragged in.

Split your audio

Tap on a timeline clip and tap the Clip icon. Choose Detach. The clip’s audio channel appears on a new layer. Drag the audio track’s start trim handle to the left: you’ll now hear the sound of the clip before you see it.