How to enable a cutaway (B-roll)? (Web)

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. Click on the video you would like to add a Cutaway to and click on “Edit” at the bottom left hand side. 

 

 

2. In your Story, 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 B-roll 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.

 

3. Drag and drop the supporting footage (photos or other video clips) on top of your chosen audio. These are Cutaway clips that will be shown while hearing the audio. 

 

To remove a single piece of footage from your Cutaway:

1. Drag and drop the footage anywhere outside of the cutaway sequence:

To disable a Cutaway sequence:

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

 

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