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Getting started
Install Editor, bring in your footage, and make the first cut.
Download and install Editor
Choose the right installer for macOS, Windows, or Linux, and understand first-launch prompts.
Make your first video
A complete path from an empty project to your first exported scene.
Projects, media, and local storage
Understand scenes, imported media, saved work, and what to back up.
Editing & workspace
Your timeline, your panels, your way of working.
Timeline essentials
Trim, split, layer, select, snap, and keep picture and sound organized.
Arrange panels and save layouts
Dock, group, float, resize, maximize, and restore your eight editing panels.
Effects and adjustment layers
Apply a look, change stack order, animate controls, or affect a section with a layer.
Transitions between shots
Use dissolves, dips, wipes, iris, and zoom dissolves with predictable timing.
Transforms, masks, and animation
Frame your clips, control visible regions, and animate supported properties.
Titles & captions
Make every word readable, well timed, and yours.
Create and style titles
Use eight editable styles and refine typography, outlines, shadows, and backgrounds.
Generate and import captions
Transcribe locally or bring in SRT, VTT, and ASS subtitle files.
Edit, split, merge, and export captions
Correct cue text and timing, resolve overlaps, and save plain subtitle sidecars.
Color grading
Build a look with wheels, curves, nodes, and scopes.
Start a color grade
Understand the Color workspace, primaries, log controls, and the SDR pipeline.
Nodes, curves, and channel mixing
Build a serial grade and shape contrast or color with targeted curves.
Qualifiers, windows, and key strength
Limit a correction to a color range or region and inspect the selection matte.
LUTs, scopes, and detail controls
Import a 3D look, read image levels, and understand measurement limits.
Save looks and animate a grade
Use Gallery stills, reference wipes, copy/paste, and per-node numeric keyframes.
Audio & mixing
Clean up, balance, automate, and deliver your sound.
Mix tracks in the Audio workspace
Balance faders, pan, mute, solo, and effects across a scene.
Clean up dialogue and duck music
Use noise suppression, gate/expander, de-esser, and sidechain ducking carefully.
Groups, returns, and sends
Organize tracks and share processing without creating feedback routes.
Automation, fades, and crossfades
Write precise level changes and smooth audio joins without moving the edit.
Loudness meters and exact preview
Read LUFS and true peak, analyze the full mix, and audition continuous processing.
Use macOS Audio Unit effects
Scan native plug-ins, edit parameters, render a preview, and handle compatibility errors.
Export WAV, stems, and a loudness report
Choose sample rate, bit depth, tails, normalization, and separate track/group files.
Export & handoffs
Finish a video or carry the timeline into your next app.
Video export settings
Understand formats, codecs, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, audio, and ranges.
Send a timeline to another editor
Understand editable transfers, preserved appearance, package contents, and fidelity limits.
Import into Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve
Move an XML timeline, media, and timed subtitles into your next project.
Import into After Effects or CapCut
Use the generated scripts and understand the experimental CapCut adapter.
Answers & troubleshooting
Find a fix, learn the shortcuts, and understand the details.
Troubleshooting common problems
Recover a layout, diagnose silent audio, fix captions, and narrow down render failures.
Keyboard shortcuts and accessible controls
Default editing keys, panel alternatives, and precise keyboard adjustments.
Frequently asked questions
Pricing, accounts, offline work, formats, captions, color, plug-ins, privacy, and more.
About Editor and open source
The project’s license, origins, release model, and ways to contribute.
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