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Adding B-roll

Steps for layering an image or video on top of your video footage.

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Written by Champ Bennett
Updated over 2 weeks ago

B-roll is supplemental media that is intercut with your main footage. You can add images or videos as b-roll to any of your projects!


Transcript View

To add B-roll, highlight the text where you want it to play over the base footage—this sets the duration. Then, click the media button followed by clicking 'Add Media' to select your B-roll clip

Timeline View

To add B-roll, scrub to where you want it to begin, click the purple plus sign, then select the media button and choose 'Add Media' to upload your B-roll clip. Once added, you can trim it in the timeline to set the duration

Editing B-Roll

In the B-roll edit settings, you can:

  1. Select the portion of the clip that matches your desired duration

  2. Trim the B-roll footage

  3. Resize the B-roll

  4. Adjust its on-screen position

AI-Generated B-Roll Images

If you don't have access to a media library, use the AI Image option to generate an image based on a prompt and style.

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