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Help with editor and AI assistant

Trim, cut, join, reframe, captions, effects and renders.

The Banned.Video editor runs in your browser. You can trim, cut, join clips, add text and music, turn a wide video into a vertical Short, and add captions. Editing is optional. Your published video never changes, because saving an edit makes a new video.

Open any processed video from the editor page in your studio to begin. The articles below walk through the layout and the keyboard keys. They also cover the AI assistant, captions and how saving works.

What to know before you edit

  • The editor plays a light copy of your video so scrubbing is instant. Saving always uses your original file.
  • Every change is kept in History. You can undo, redo or go back to any earlier step.
  • Saving an edit uses one save from your daily allowance: 10 in any 24 hours free, 100 on Premium.
  • The AI assistant runs on your own Gemini key, so Google bills you for its use, not Banned.Video.

If you only need a quick cut or a format change, the free trim tool may be faster than the full editor. For captions and subtitles in general, read our guide to captions and subtitles for video.

Articles in editor and ai assistant

  • The editor: an overview

    A tour of the Banned.Video editor in your browser: the library, player, inspector and timeline, stickers, effects and filters, and how to start your first edit.

  • Editor keyboard shortcuts

    Every key in the Banned.Video editor. Play, split, mark in and out, cut a range, trim to the playhead, zoom, snap, undo and switch inspector tabs.

  • The AI assistant and your own Gemini key

    The Banned.Video AI assistant runs on your own Gemini key. Add the key, ask for an edit in plain words, preview it, then accept or reject it.

  • Automatic captions

    Banned.Video can write captions for your video on its own servers. Fix any line in the editor, and viewers can turn them on from the CC menu.

  • Saving your edit as a new video

    Save video turns your edit into a new private Banned.Video video. See the daily save limit, what the new video copies and how to cancel a save.