Guides & tutorials
Practical articles based on real editor workflows, including Auto Sync, timing, captions, audio, exports and fixes for common problems.
A step-by-step walkthrough of editing a video online in Editsfield AI: add media, supply a timing script, set transitions and captions, preview, then export an MP4.
Learn how cutting works in Editsfield AI: segment boundaries define every cut, and pacing comes from segment length rather than manual dragging.
Add captions to a video in Editsfield AI using an SRT or JSON script, then pick a caption style, position, font, size and timing offset.
Add background music in Editsfield AI, set the music volume, enable auto-ducking, and use loudness normalisation so narration stays clear.
Choose a transition pack in Editsfield AI, set the transition duration, and override individual scene transitions on the timeline.
A practical Editsfield AI workflow for 16:9 YouTube uploads: export settings, caption placement, pacing and audio levels.
Edit YouTube Shorts in Editsfield AI with a 9:16 aspect ratio, 1080x1920 export, tight segments and safe caption placement.
Reference dimensions for vertical short-form video, plus the Editsfield AI aspect ratio and export resolution that produce each one.
A vertical TikTok editing workflow in Editsfield AI: 9:16 canvas, fast segments, karaoke captions and a clean MP4 export.
Edit Instagram Reels in Editsfield AI: 9:16 canvas, caption placement that avoids the Reels UI, colour grading and MP4 export.
Video editing is selecting, trimming and arranging footage, audio and text into a finished sequence. Here is what each stage involves.
A jump cut removes time from a continuous shot. Learn what it does, why creators use it, and when it becomes distracting.
A transition is how one shot becomes the next. Here are the common types, what each one signals, and sensible durations.
Aspect ratio is the shape of the video frame, written as width to height. Here is what 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5 are used for.
A beginner-friendly guide to Auto Sync: prepare your voiceover, original script, word-level transcript and scene order, then build a synced timeline automatically.
Fix common Auto Sync matching problems caused by changed narration, missing transcript words, wrong scene counts, formatting issues and incorrect file order.
Learn the simple word-level transcript structure Editsfield AI needs for automatic scene timing, including word, start time and end time fields.
Fix scene-order problems when your script has the right number of lines but the wrong images or videos appear in the timeline.
Understand why a video timeline can appear shorter or longer than its voiceover and how Editsfield AI keeps scene timing connected to the narration.
Understand why a long video render can take time, how chunked rendering works, and what to check before restarting a job.
Learn why aspect ratio changes can crop footage, how to choose a matching canvas, and how to avoid black edges without losing the main subject.
Learn how to diagnose captions that appear too early or too late and when to use a caption timing offset instead of rewriting the whole script.
Understand what Auto Sync is doing when it matches a large script against a word-level transcript and how to troubleshoot a slow browser tab.
Written by Editsfield AI Team