Bring in an existing video

1. Choose File › Import video…, or click Import video… on Projects. You can also drop a movie file on Projects.
2. Pick the video. A window shows how far the import has got. Click Cancel import to stop.
3. When it's done, the video opens as a new project.

The project is saved in your recordings folder, next to your other projects. The original file is left as it is.

To make a project from a PDF, click New from PDF… on Projects: each page becomes a slide you can present. See Present a deck. To start with nothing at all, see Start a blank project.

Add a video to a project

A video can also join the project you have open, as a new part next to your recordings and slides.

1. Move the playhead into the part the video should follow. At the end of the video, it goes at the end.
2. Choose File › Add Video to Project…, or click Add in the timeline bar and pick Video. You can also drop a movie file on the editor.
3. Pick the video. When it's converted, it shows in the Parts list, named after its file.

Drag it in the Parts list to move it, or press ⌘Z to take it out again. It then waits under Not in the video in the Parts tab, where you can put it back.

What works with an imported video

Most things work: trimming and cutting, backgrounds, padding and corners, captions and editing by words, music, voiceover, narration, masks and export.

An imported video has no record of where you clicked, so it has no automatic zooms and no cursor effects. Add zooms by hand: drag on the Zooms lane, or press Z. See Zooms.

The first sound track becomes the microphone track. A second sound track, if there is one, becomes the system audio track.