How to enable a Cutaway (B-roll)? (Android) – Help & Learning Center

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 and tap on “Edit” at the bottom left hand side.

2. Enabling B-Roll must be done in the Storyboard screen by tapping on the stack icon at the top center of your screen.

3. In your Storyboard, find a video clip (either in the existing footage already selected, or by adding new footage) 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 Cutaway sequence:

The A-roll must be a video scene.
The duration of your A-roll must be longer than 7 seconds.
The video must contain an audio track.
The duration of the B-roll must fit the A-roll's available space.

Note: To extend the length of your video longer than 7 seconds, use the trim tool.

4. 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 Cutaway sequence. (see image on the left).