Join takes into one video
Add another video or an image as a new piece, reorder pieces by dragging, and choose a transition at each join: a cut, a dissolve, a wipe, a slide and more.
Mac appChrome
Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Timeline
- Video
Add a piece#
- 1In Pro, press + on the timeline and choose Another video or an image.
- 2Choose a video or a picture file.It joins the end of the footage as its own piece. A picture makes a still piece, such as a title card.
- 3Drag a piece left or right to reorder it. A line shows where it will land.
Choose a transition#
Each join between two pieces has a small chip. Click it to choose:
- Cut
- Straight from one to the next.
- Dissolve
- One fades through the other.
- Fade
- Through black or white.
- Wipe and Slide
- The next piece travels in, left, right, up or down.
- Zoom and Whip
- A camera-like move between the two.
- Where it plays: Before the join, Across it, half over each piece, or After it.
- Length: how long the transition takes.
- Join into one piece makes two pieces from the same take one again.
Read next
Choose which part of a take a piece showsAdjust slides a piece along its take: the same length, in the same place in the video, showing a different moment. Pick the piece and press A.Trim, split and cut out mistakesDrag the ends of the footage to trim it. Press S to split it in two, X to cut a second at the playhead, or hold Shift and drag across a stretch to remove it.Export one piece on its ownWhen a video is made of several pieces, pick one on the timeline and export just that piece, as it is, without the intro or the opening.
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