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Some Avatar Video projects include clips extracted from uploaded source videos to support the avatar narration. These clips are used as background media (B-roll) within scenes.
You can manage source clips directly from the editor, including repositioning clips, replacing source media, and hiding clips from scenes.
Open a project
- Select My Avatar Videos from the user menu.
- Locate the desired project, click the three dots and select Edit project.
The 'My Avatar Videos' page opens.
Projects are displayed in a grid sorted by the most recently updated.
The project opens in the editor.
Edit source clips
Scenes containing source clips display a media thumbnail and media controls. You can reposition source clips within the original video to better match the narration.
Open the Media panel
- Locate the scene containing the source clip.
- To open the Media panel, do one of the following:
- Click the gear icon on the media thumbnail.
- Click Media on the upper right toolbar.
The 'Media' panel opens.
From the Media panel, you can:
- If the clip is shorter than the scene narration duration, it loops automatically.
- If the clip is longer than the scene narration duration, it is trimmed automatically.
Edit clip selection
In the Media panel, click Edit clip selection.
The clip editor opens.
The clip editor includes:
- a video preview player
- playback controls
- a timeline
- zoom controls
- the selected clip range
Reposition the clip
You can reposition the selected clip within the source video, but you can't manually change the clip duration.
1. Drag the highlighted clip range left or right on the timeline. The preview updates automatically while dragging.
You can also click a location on the timeline to move the selected clip range directly to that position.
The preview updates automatically while repositioning the clip.
2. Click Change clip to save the updated clip position.
Change the timeline view
The clip editor opens in 'Zoom' view by default, focused on the selected clip range.
Click Full video to display the entire source video timeline.
Click Zoom to focus on the selected clip range again.
Preview the clip
Click the play button to preview the selected clip.
Playback stops automatically at the end of the selected clip range.
Replace source media
When you replace source media, a clip is automatically created that matches the scene narration length.
1. In the Media window, click Select a different media.
The source selection window opens.
Only captioned video entries can be used as source videos. Entries without captions don't appear in the source selector.
2. Locate the replacement video and click Select.
The selected video replaces the current source media for the scene.
After replacing the source media, the clip editor opens in Full video view so you can locate the desired section of the new source video.
3. Drag the selected clip range to reposition the clip within the new source video.
You can then click Zoom to focus on the selected clip range and refine the clip position.
4. When you're done, click Add clip to scene.
The media is replaced.
Hide source clips
Hide a source clip when you want the scene to display only the avatar.
- Open the Media panel.
- Click Hide from scene.
The source clip is removed from the scene preview, and the scene displays only the avatar narration.
