Your first clip

A clip is a strip of shots in order. Each shot records how the scene looks at that moment, including the camera, fig poses, where things are, and the lighting. Playback shows each shot in turn for its length. The Clip mode is on the Camera tab next to Photo, Loop, and Video.

Shooting

In a scene, open the Camera tab and select Clip. The hint reads Frame the shot, then press New shot.

1. Frame the view: turn the camera. While the Camera is open, a drag moves only the camera. To pose figs or change the scene, select another tab (e.g., Figs), make the change, then select Camera. It opens on Clip again with your shots kept.
2. Select + New shot at the right end of the Camera title row. The scene is added to the strip. The shot’s card opens, showing its number (Shot 2 of 5 · 1s) and rows: Move; chips (Shot Length, + Sound, + Story); rows that show when they apply (Doing, Doors & windows, Talking, Then); and, at its foot, Duplicate and Delete. Phones show the same rows.
3. Change the scene and select + New shot again to add the next shot. To change a shot instead, tap it, change the scene, and select Save stage. The words under STAGE say which shot the stage matches and whether it has changed.

After the first shot, the hint shows Moves reset between shots. Pose a part to hold it. for four seconds (once per device). Then, and after every later shot, it shows Adjust the scene, then press New shot again. Tap ♫ for music, Share to export.

• The scene’s Undo takes back a + New shot, and Delete on a shot’s card removes that shot.
• Ghost Shot, on the Show: row, toggles a see-through copy of the current shot over the view, to help you line up the next shot. It never shows in exports and stays on for the session until you turn it off.

The strip

The strip is a film band of numbered thumbnails under the view. Select a thumbnail to jump the view to that shot and open its card. Select + at the end of the band to add a new shot. Select Play to play the clip from shot 1. Select Play again, or tap anywhere else, to stop. New shots go right after the current shot, so you can add them in the middle.

Clips take their scene’s name (with “clip” added) and stay tied to that scene. A new scene that hasn’t been saved yet is saved at its first shot. Open the scene and select Clip to bring the strip back. Clips play in the style that was on for the first shot. If the style changes between shots, a note shows.

Shot Length

Each shot stays on screen for as long as its Shot Length chip says. Select the chip to step through the lengths: ½s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 6s, 8s. New shots take the length of the shot before. If the clip has music with a set tempo , lengths snap to beat counts: 1, 2, 4, 8.

Editing the strip

• The current shot’s card has Shot Length, + Sound, + Story, camera move , Duplicate, and Delete. Save stage is in the Camera title row.
• Clip organizer changes every shot in the clip at once. See Clip organizer .
• The scene’s Undo undoes clip changes: + New shot, Move, paths, Shot Length, Then, Talking, door and window states, Doing, Save stage, Duplicate, Delete, and Clip organizer changes. Redo puts them back. Sound, words, and Camera Frame picks can’t be undone.

Each shot keeps its own copy of the scene, including paths. Changing a path in the scene editor doesn’t change shots you already made. To update a shot, go to it, change what you need, and select Save stage.

The free plan saves up to two clips. Clips made in a Learn tutorial don’t count toward this limit. Saved clips show on the Your clips shelf on the Clips tab and the Scenes tab. See The Clips tab .