Scenes control how and when visual content — like video, images, text, and layouts — appears in your project. Think of scenes like slides in a presentation: each one marks a new visual moment and helps structure your story.

Scenes work alongside your script and audio, letting you fine-tune pacing, layout, and transitions as you edit.

This article covers:

• How scenes appear in the editor
• How to add a scene
• How scenes interact with your visuals and timeline

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.

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.
• Clicking Split in the timeline toolbar. Learn more about using the Split button.

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, 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.