How to enable a Cutaway (B-roll)? (iOS)

Have a video clip with important audio (speech, narration, valuable sound or music, etc.)? Want to tell a story and show different footage while you speak? By creating a Cutaway (B-roll), you'll be able to combine audio from one clip with related scenes or actions from other/different photos or video clips. 

 

Your original clip (with audio) will be split into A-roll and B-roll, to allow you to create transitions between the shots/scenes:

A-roll is the primary audio and video of the original video clip with the original audio.

B-roll is basically the supplemental footage used to visually support the A-roll.

 

On Magisto - once creating a Cutaway, you can use the original audio from the A-roll video clip, and add different footage (video and photos) to "visually support" the A-roll.

This is often used for adding speech/narration/voice-over.

To add a Cutaway to your video: 

1. Tap on the video you would like to add a Cutaway to.

2. Tap on “Edit” at the bottom left hand side. 

3. Tap on the icon stack to view your Storyboard.

 

4. Find a video clip that has prominent audio, such as speech, that you want to hear in your video.

There are 4 conditions that must be met to create a B-roll sequence: 

• The A-roll must be a video scene.
• The duration of your A-roll must be longer than 7 seconds.
  • To extend the length of your video longer than 7 seconds, use thetrim tool.
• The video must contain an audio track. 
• The duration of the B-roll must fit the A-roll's available space.

 

5. Drag and drop the supporting footage (photos or other video clips) on top of your chosen audio. These are Cutaway (B-roll) clips that will be shown while hearing the audio. Note that every time you drag and drop footage into the A-roll, Magisto will display the remaining footage duration you can add to the B-roll sequence.

   

 

6. Tap on “Done” to return to the scenes screen. 

 

       

 

To disable the Cutaway sequence:

1. Tap on the 3 dots of the A-roll and tap on “Split to scenes”:

Note: Magisto may identify speech or other prominent audio and enable a Cutaway for you automatically, during the movie creation process.

• You can trim to adjust the audio's beginning and ending.
• You can add or remove items (video clips and photos) from the Cutaway.
• You can always disable the Cutaway by tapping on “Split to scenes” as shown above.