The Video editor node is a multi-track timeline editing container; opening it launches a standalone editor for stitching, layering and exporting clips into a finished cut.

Opening the timeline editor

Add a Video editor node from the Add node menu (marked Beta), or select a video node and click Video editor in the toolbar. Wire in the clips to compose, open the node, and you enter the full-screen timeline editor.

Multi-track editing

The editor is a multi-track timeline; common actions (shortcuts work inside the editor):

• Play / pause preview: Space;
• Split the clip at the playhead: S;
• Delete the selected clip: Delete or Backspace;
• Undo / redo: ⌘/Ctrl + Z, ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + Z;
• Drag a clip to move, snap and swap with a neighbor; drag a clip's edge to trim its length;
• Close the current pop-up menu: Esc.

Exporting

The export dropdown at the top-right of the editor has two options:

• Export to local: auto-downloads to your computer when the compose finishes;
• Export to canvas: appears as a new node on the canvas when the compose finishes.

If the timeline has a gap with no clip covering it, you only get a hint — it will not block export.