Editor workspace tour

The Pluged AI editor is split into a few fixed areas. Once you know what each area is for, manual editing becomes much faster.

Workspace map

The editor has five main zones:

1. Header — project name, save status, agent toggle, feedback, share, export, theme toggle, and exit flow.
2. Left asset panel — media, stock, sounds, text-to-speech, text, stickers, effects, transitions, captions, adjustment, and settings.
3. Center preview / canvas — where you play, frame, and visually inspect the video.
4. Timeline — where clips are arranged across video, overlay, audio, text, graphic, and effect tracks.
5. Right properties panel — precise controls for whatever is selected.

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Header controls

Use the header for project-wide actions.

Project name

1. Look at the top-left of the editor header.
2. Click the project name.
3. Type the new name.
4. Press Enter or click outside the field.

The new name is saved with the project.

Save status

The save indicator tells you whether project changes are safely stored in the browser.

Common states:

• Saving — changes are being written.
• Saved — the latest edit is stored.
• Offline / retrying — the editor will retry local persistence or sync when possible.

Do not close the tab while a large media import or autosave is still processing.

Agent toggle

The agent toggle opens or hides the AI editing panel. Manual editor features remain available whether the agent is open or closed.

Use it when:

• You want more horizontal space for timeline and preview.
• You want to ask the agent for an edit, then inspect the manual changes.
• You want to keep the workspace focused on manual editing.

Feedback

Use the feedback popover when something breaks or feels confusing.

1. Click Feedback in the header.
2. Describe what happened.
3. Include what you expected and what you saw.
4. Send the report.

Share and export

• Share renders an MP4, uploads it to the share backend, and creates a public link when sharing is configured.
• Export renders a downloadable file such as MP4, WebM, or GIF.

Use Export when you need the actual file. Use Share when you want a quick web link.

Theme toggle

Click the theme toggle to switch the editor between light and dark themes. This changes the interface only; it does not affect your exported video.

Left asset panel

The left panel is where you add things to the project.

Center preview and canvas

The preview shows what the viewer will see.

Use it to:

• Play the current edit.
• Check framing, cropping, and safe zones.
• Select visual elements directly on the canvas.
• Drag overlays, text, stickers, graphics, and images into position.
• Inspect masks, effects, and tracking results.

Select something from the canvas

1. Move the playhead to a point where the element is visible.
2. Click the element in the preview.
3. Confirm it is selected on the timeline and in the properties panel.
4. Use handles to move, scale, rotate, or adjust the element.

If multiple elements overlap, select from the timeline when canvas selection is ambiguous.

Timeline

The timeline is the source of truth for timing. It contains stacked tracks.

Typical track types:

• Main video track — primary footage.
• Overlay tracks — images, clips, graphics, stickers, and B-roll.
• Audio tracks — music, voiceover, extracted audio, and sound effects.
• Text tracks — titles and captions.
• Graphic tracks — shapes, callouts, and design elements.
• Effect tracks — adjustment elements and layered effects.

Use the timeline for:

• Dragging assets into the edit.
• Trimming clip edges.
• Splitting clips at the playhead.
• Moving clips across tracks.
• Grouping clips or turning them into compounds.
• Linking or unlinking video and audio.
• Adding markers and keyframes.

Right properties panel

The properties panel changes based on what is selected.

When you select a video, image, text, sticker, graphic, audio clip, effect, or mask, this panel exposes controls for that type.

Common tabs include:

• Transform — position, scale, rotation.
• Blending — opacity and blend mode.
• Audio — volume, mute, fade in, fade out.
• Speed — constant speed and pitch maintenance.
• Effects — effect stack and parameters.
• Masks — mask type, handles, feathering, inversion.
• Tracking — position tracking for eligible elements.
• Text — font, style, fill, background, stroke, shadow, animation.
• Graphic — shape-specific fill, stroke, and parameters.

Recommended manual editing flow

Use this sequence for most edits:

1. Create or open a project from the projects page.
2. Import media in the Media tab.
3. Drag clips to the timeline and build a rough sequence.
4. Trim and split clips on the timeline.
5. Add text, captions, stickers, graphics, sounds, and effects from the left panel.
6. Select each element and refine it in the properties panel.
7. Preview from the beginning and check pacing, framing, audio, and captions.
8. Export or share from the header.

Troubleshooting

See also

• Projects and templates — create, rename, recover, and manage projects
• Timeline editing — tracks, trimming, splitting, grouping, markers, and shortcuts
• Properties panel — precise per-element controls
• Export and share — render files or create public links