Editing in Wistia

We’re now offering the experience of editing to customers on our Pro, Advanced, and Premium plans! You can access the editor by selecting “Edit” in the left hand side menu of the All Content page, or directly from a video’s page in your account.

You’ll then be prompted to select the video you’d like to edit.

From here, you can play through your video and trim out content.

Navigating within the Editor

As you play your video, the playhead will move across the timeline beneath the video, and the timestamp is visible beneath the video. You can play and pause the video by clicking directly on the video, the play button to the left of the timestamp, or by hitting the spacebar on your keyboard. You can also zoom in or out of the timeline.

To move to another location in the video, you can click anywhere on the timeline and the playhead will jump to that spot. You can also drag the playhead to your desired location.

Splitting and Deleting Content

Splitting a video allows you to break up your video into different sections, so that you can reach any part of the timeline to remove.

To split your video, drag the playhead to your desired timestamp and then click “Split.” From here, you can split your video up into as many sections as you’d like. You can delete individual sections by selecting the appropriate one and clicking “Delete.” Or, you can click and drag either end of a section to trim it.

Changed your mind or made a mistake? Click “Undo” until you’ve reached your desired point. If you go back too far, that’s okay! Click “Redo.”

Saving Your Edits

Once you’ve finished making your edits, you can save them as a brand new video!

Click on the “Export Video” button on the top right of the Editor page. From here, you can create a new project to export your edited video to, or select from your current list of projects. Then, click “Save as copy” to complete the export.

You’ll notice that the title of the new version of your video has details about when you last edited it, but you can also change the title if you’d like.

And that’s it! You’ve just edited a video in Wistia.

Have any questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to our Support Team and we’ll be happy to help!