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Click anything on the preview to change it

Click your camera, the recording, the captions, your logo or a callout on the preview. Its settings open in the column, and you can drag it into place.

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Where to find it
  1. Video editor
  2. Preview
  3. Click what to change
  1. 1Click the thing you want to change on the preview.Its own settings open in the column, in Simple or in Pro.
  2. 2Drag it to move it, or pull its handles to resize it.It snaps to the frame’s edges, its centre and its thirds, and to the things around it.
  3. 3Press Esc, or Back to all settings, when you are done.
  • Hold ⌥ while you drag to place it freely, without snapping.
  • Press ⌫ to delete what is selected, where it can be deleted.
  • For something that lasts a stretch of time, such as a callout, drag its ends on the timeline to change when it shows. Loop while selected plays just that stretch.
Clickthecamera
Select it. Drag to move, pull the handles to reshape
Camerahandles
Corners keep its shape, edges reshape it freely
Clicktherecording
Select the screen. Drag to move, handles to scale
HoldAltwhiledragging
Disable edge snapping

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Move and resize your cameraClick your camera on the preview and drag it anywhere, or pull its handles to resize it. It snaps to the frame’s edges, centre and thirds.Add text, arrows and boxesCallouts point things out on the video for as long as you choose: text, an arrow, a box or an icon. Add one at the playhead, then drag it into place on the preview.Use the timelineThe timeline lays the video out left to right, with a lane for each kind of change. Drag the playhead to scrub, and zoom the timeline with + and −.

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