Edit a video from its transcript

Editing by transcript is the quickest way to remove a sentence you fumbled. Select the words in the transcript and cut them, and the video is cut at the same place.

Cut words

1. Open the editor and click Transcript in the tool rail. The Edit by transcript panel opens.
2. Drag across words to select them, or click one word and Shift-click another.
3. The bar at the bottom shows how many words and how long the selection is. Click Cut (or press Backspace).

Cut words stay in the transcript, struck through, so you can see what was removed. Select them again and click Restore to bring them back.

The selection is shared with the timeline, so you can fine-tune its edges there.

Use the keyboard

Arrow keys move between words. Space or Shift with the arrows selects, Backspace cuts and Enter plays from a word.

Pauses and search

• A pause of a second or more shows as a small pill, such as 2.4s. Click it to select the pause, then cut it.
• Click the search button or press Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to find a word. Use the arrows to move between matches.
• Click a paragraph's timestamp to play from there.

If the video has filler words or long pauses, a bar at the top says what Vidler AI found. Click Review to open Clean up. See Remove filler words and pauses.

Ask Vidler AI to suggest cuts

1. Click AI edit in the tool rail.
2. Under Describe what to cut, type what you want, for example "Remove the small talk at the start", or pick an example.
3. Click Suggest cuts.

Suggested cuts show in amber on the timeline and in the transcript, each with a reason. Play each one, then accept or reject it, or click Accept all or Reject all. Nothing changes until you accept.

On longer videos, Shorten to a length lets you pick a target length and click Suggest cuts to fit.

Related

• Trim and cut a video
• Remove filler words and pauses
• Captions and transcripts