Import media and make your first cut

Applies to 0.11Updated 25 Oct 20261 min read

Import clips into the Project panel, open one in the Source Monitor, mark In and Out, then press comma to insert or period to overwrite.

1. Import your media into the Project panel (⌘I). Bins keep a large project easy to search.
2. Double-click a clip to open it in the Source Monitor. Press Space to preview it.
3. Press I to set In and O to set Out.
4. Press , to Insert the clip at the playhead, or . to Overwrite.
5. Cut with the Razor (C) and press M to add markers.

Which files can I import?

• Video: MOV, MP4 and M4V (H.264, HEVC, ProRes), including iPhone HDR (HLG), HDR10 and Apple Log footage.
• Audio: WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC and FLAC.
• Images: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, WebP, GIF and SVG. Layered .psd files open with one track per layer.

Useful editing commands

Insert, Overwrite, Lift, Extract, Ripple Delete, Match Frame, Add Edit and three-point editing all work the way experienced editors expect. To group clips, select them and choose Nest…. Nested sequences stay live and update when you edit inside them.

Prefer to watch? See Your first edit: import, cut, export.