Editor tour
A guided look at the VidNext timeline editor — tracks, preview, panels, and auto-save.
Every generated video opens in a full timeline editor. Nothing in the output is baked in: clips, narration, music, captions, overlays, and effects are all separate, editable elements.
The editor is currently in beta and rolling out to all users.
The layout
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Preview — the video player with playback speed control, jump-to-start, and ±5 second skips.
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Timeline — a multi-track view of every element in the video (see below).
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Media browser — a panel for adding new material: stock videos, YouTube clips, images (stock, web search, AI-generate, or upload), motion design templates, audio, and your personal asset library (with folders and generous storage).
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Inspector — selecting any element opens its editing panel: trim controls for clips, script and voice for narration, style controls for overlays and captions.
Tracks
The timeline organizes elements into tracks: Video, Transitions, Overlays, Graphics, Narration, Music, SFX, Captions, Original Audio, and Effects. Each track can be individually locked (prevent accidental edits), muted, or hidden — hiding affects both preview and export, which makes it easy to try a version without sound effects or without the film-grade effect.
Core editing
- Undo / redo — Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z
- Split at playhead — S
- Delete — Backspace, with a choice to keep the gap or close the gap
- Remove everything left or right of the playhead, duplicate elements, enable/disable without deleting, multi-select and drag
- Zoom in/out, fit to view
Auto-save and reset
Edits save automatically — the header shows Saving… / Saved as you work. If you want to throw everything away and return to the generated original, Reset Timeline deletes all editor changes.