A Video Step is a step that contains video content, rather than a static image. Video Steps can be created automatically from a captured clip, generated by some templates when you create a video, or added manually by uploading an MP4 file via Add Step (on all plans) or Upload Video (on the Enterprise plan). You can edit video steps manually, however they were created.
What you can do with manual video step editing
Split a video
Add a Snapshot from a video
Trim a video
Sync Captions
Change video speed (1x to 2x)
1. Open the video editor by clicking Edit from the guidde's view page, or from the three dot menu at the top right of a guidde in your homepage.
Edit Captured Clip
2. Click Edit video button at the bottom right of the video.
3. A video timeline will open where you can edit the captured clip, trim it, and preview the video anytime by pressing "Play" to see how your edits look before and after making changes.
4. Adjust the zoom level in the video timeline to view more or less of the timeline at once.
Note: this zoom is for timeline viewing purposes only and does not zoom in, crop, or change the actual video content.
Split a Video Step
5. Split a video step into two separate steps by placing the timeline pin at the point where you want the split to occur. Then, click Split to divide the video into two distinct video steps.
Snapshot
6. The Snapshot feature captures a still image from the video and inserts it between two video segments, creating a video-image-video flow. This is useful for emphasizing exact moments or adding visual pauses in your guidde.
Trim a Video Step
7. You can trim your video step by dragging the left or right corners of the video timeline to adjust the start or end of the video step.
Note: Video-steps can be trimmed to shorten their duration. However their images cannot be cropped.
8. You can revert or reapply changes using the undo and redo buttons.
Note: Once saved, new video steps are treated as separate entities. The only way to revert changes is through the Undo button, which restores the video to its previous state.
9. To finalize and apply your changes click the save button at the bottom right.
10. In the video timeline, you can see a video step that was manually split and trimmed, with a snapshot added from the video.
Video Speed Control
You can speed up the video in a step to control its pacing.
Guidde automatically plays silent video steps at 1.5× speed. You can adjust the speed to make video steps faster.
1. Click the three-dot menu on a timeline step below the video to access additional editing options.
2. Click Video speed in the opened menu. This lets you modify how fast your video step plays.
3. Use the speed bar to set your step's speed anywhere from 1x to 2x.
Note:
At 2x, the video plays twice as fast.
Video speed below 1x isn’t currently supported here.
Video speed changes how fast the video visuals play. It doesn't change the speed of the voiceover. To adjust the voiceover speed, use the Speaker Editor.
4. Click Apply.
5. Once you change a step's speed, the current speed appears in the steps timeline below the video (steps playing at 1x don't show a speed).
That’s it! You can preview your video step and adjust it anytime as needed.