Give your clip sound and words

Record a sound for each shot, talk over the film, bring your own music, tap its beat, and add text.

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Give your clip sound and words

Video coming soon. The written walkthrough below is the whole build.

Written walkthrough

Give a clip sound and words: your voice, your own sounds, your own music files. There are no built-in songs. This is the same build as the Sound & Words card in the Learn tab.

1. Open your clip

Open the Camera tab and tap Clip. The scene keeps its strip and your shots. In a scene with no shots yet, place a fig or two before you open the Camera, then tap + New shot. Sound and words need at least one shot.

2. Add a sound to a shot

Tap + Sound on the shot’s card, then Record new. Record the sound yourself (a knock, a meow). From your files takes a sound file instead. The sound plays when that shot starts, and the sound board keeps every take as a key for other shots.

3. Talk over it

Tap + Narration on the Clip organizer. One take runs across the whole film.

4. Bring your music

Tap + Music on the Clip organizer: Record now, or From your files. The Music card opens once the music is added.

5. Set the beat

On the Music card, tap Tap tempo and tap along. The ♫ chip on the film band opens the card again later. With a beat set, Shot Length is in beats instead of seconds, so the shots change on the beat.

6. Add text

Tap + Story on a shot’s card. Add a piece with + Bubble, + Caption, or + Title, and write what it says. Words show on the film, shot by shot.

A shot’s sound and words are on its card. The song and the narration are on the Clip organizer. The words and sounds are included when a clip is shared.

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