Scenes Overview

A scene is a segment of your video with its own visuals: its layout, footage, and layers. Dividing a project into scenes is how you structure and pace what viewers see. Scenes work alongside your script and audio, letting you fine-tune pacing, layout, and transitions as you edit.

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Where scenes appear in the editor

Scenes are represented in two places in the editor:

• Script panel: Thumbnails indicate where each new scene begins.
• Timeline: Scenes appear as segments that contain their own layers. In storyboard view, scenes are represented visually with tiles.

Each scene includes its own visual layers — like video clips, titles, images, and b-roll — giving you flexibility to change what viewers see from one moment to the next.

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Add a scene

You can add a new scene by:

• Typing / in the script panel to insert a scene boundary. Learn more about scene boundaries.
• Right-clicking in the script and selecting Add scene from the context menu.
• Clicking Split in the timeline toolbar. Learn more about using the Split button.

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What’s next?

Now that you understand how layouts work, explore these guides to help you design, apply, and manage them effectively:

• Add, move, or delete a scene boundary — control where scenes begin and end.
• Adjust scene properties — change background color or gradient, apply effects, or add transitions.
• Reorder scenes — reorganize your content by dragging scenes in the script.
• Extend layers across multiple scenes — make visuals persist across cuts.
• Apply transitions between scenes — polish the flow from one scene to the next.
• Create and apply a layout — build a reusable visual style for your scenes.