Left asset panel

The left asset panel is where you add new material to your edit. If the timeline is where you arrange things, the asset panel is where you find, create, import, or generate those things.

Open and switch tabs

1. Open a project.
2. Look at the left side of the editor.
3. Click any tab icon or label.
4. The panel content changes to that tool.

Use one tab at a time. For example, import footage in Media, add titles in Text, then add polish in Effects and Transitions.

Media

The Media tab is your project library.

Use it to:

• Upload video, image, and audio files.
• Paste media from the clipboard.
• Import media from a URL.
• Switch between grid and list views.
• Sort by name, type, duration, or size.
• Remove one or multiple assets.
• Find thumbnails, waveforms, and processed metadata.
• Drag assets into the timeline.

Start every manual edit here: import footage, wait for processing, then drag clips into the timeline.

See Import and manage media.

Stock

The Stock tab searches Pexels when configured.

Use it to:

• Search stock videos.
• Search stock photos.
• Browse infinite-scroll results.
• Preview thumbnails.
• Add stock directly to your project.

Stock is useful for B-roll, backgrounds, product context, and cutaways. It requires a configured Pexels API key in the editor app.

See Stock media.

Sounds

The Sounds tab searches Freesound when configured.

Use it to:

• Search sound effects.
• Search music.
• Browse popular/top sounds.
• Preview audio before adding.
• Use commercial-use filters.
• Save sounds into the project.
• Add music or SFX to audio tracks.

Use Sounds after your rough cut is working, then mix volume and fades in the properties panel.

See Sounds and music.

Text to speech

The Text to speech tab generates voiceover audio from typed text.

Use it to:

• Type a narration script.
• Choose a voice.
• Set speed from 0.5x to 2x.
• Preview generated speech.
• Add MP3 voiceover to the project or timeline.

TTS is configuration-dependent and requires OpenAI or Azure OpenAI TTS credentials.

See Text to speech panel.

Text

The Text tab adds text overlays.

Use it to:

• Add titles.
• Add labels and callouts.
• Create lower thirds.
• Add hook text.
• Build step labels for demos.

After adding text, select it and use the right properties panel to style fonts, colors, backgrounds, stroke, shadow, and animation.

See Text overlays and titles.

Stickers

The Stickers tab adds decorative or functional overlays.

Use it to:

• Browse sticker assets.
• Upload custom sticker images.
• Preview stickers.
• Add stickers to the timeline.
• Track stickers to motion when supported.

Use stickers for reactions, labels, emojis, icons, and social-video emphasis.

See Stickers, graphics, and shapes.

Effects

The Effects tab adds visual effects.

Use it to add:

• Adjustments.
• LUTs.
• Blur.
• Chroma key.
• Vignette.
• Film grain.
• Sharpen.
• RGB split.
• Pixelate.
• Invert.
• Posterize.
• Glow.

Apply effects to selected clips or adjustment elements, then tune parameters in the properties panel.

See Effects and color.

Transitions

The Transitions tab adds movement between moments.

Use it to add:

• Fades and crossfades.
• Dips to black or white.
• Slides, pushes, and wipes.
• Zooms and zoom punch transitions.
• Spins, flips, folds, glitch, shake, jitter, and bounce transitions.

Use transitions intentionally. Many edits are stronger with simple hard cuts.

See Transitions.

Captions

The Captions tab creates and imports subtitles.

Use it to:

• Generate captions from timeline audio.
• Choose a language or auto language mode.
• Track progress through audio extraction, model loading, transcription, and caption generation.
• Import SRT files.
• Import ASS files.
• Review warnings from malformed subtitle cues.
• Insert generated captions as text elements.

See Captions and subtitles.

Adjustment

The Adjustment tab creates adjustment elements or layers.

Use adjustment elements when you want effects or color changes over multiple clips at once.

Example workflow:

1. Add an adjustment element above several clips.
2. Trim it to cover the intended section.
3. Add color or visual effects to the adjustment element.
4. Preview every clip underneath.

Use adjustment elements for section-wide color grades, temporary blur, repeated style, or effect overlays.

Settings

The Settings tab contains project and editor options.

Use it for:

• Canvas and project settings.
• Caption/transcription preferences.
• Provider-dependent feature settings.
• Local storage and editor preferences.

See Settings panel.

Best workflow by tab

A typical manual edit uses tabs in this order:

1. Media — import footage.
2. Stock — add B-roll if needed.
3. Sounds or Text to speech — add audio assets.
4. Text and Captions — add readable overlays.
5. Stickers or Graphics — add callouts.
6. Effects — polish color and style.
7. Transitions — add movement where useful.
8. Settings — confirm canvas and export-related setup.

Troubleshooting

See also

• Editor workspace tour
• Properties panel
• Timeline editing