A Video Step is a step that contains video content, rather than a static image. Video Steps can be automatically generated using the Automated Captured Clip feature, or added manually by uploading an MP4 file via Add Step (on all plans) or Upload Video (on the Enterprise plan).
Manual editing of video steps allows you to:
Split a video
Add a Snapshot from a video
Trim a video
Sync Captions
Speed control is available for videos without voiceover.
1. To start editing a video step, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Note that you can revert or reapply changes using the undo and redo buttons.
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.
10. In the video timeline, you can see a Video Step that was manually split and trimmed, with a snapshot added from the video.
11. You can control the timing of a video step when it has no narration.
Guidde automatically plays silent video steps at 1.5× speed. You can adjust the speed to make video steps slower or faster, depending on your preferred pacing.
Click the steps' three dot menu at the bottom right to open more options available for your video editing.
Click Video speed. This lets you modify how fast or slow your video step plays.
Note: Video speed control is currently available only for video steps without narration. If you delete the transcript from a step, hover over the play button and save the change to enable the speed adjustment option.
Once you add Speaker text to a video step, its timing is automatically synced to the narration, and the video speed control will no longer be available in the menu.
Use the speed bar to set your preferred speed.
Click Apply.
That’s it! You can preview your video step and adjust it anytime as needed.