Edit a stack of separate videos in one go

What batch editing does

Batch mode treats each file as a separate video. Drop in up to 10 files with "Cut each file as its own video" ticked, and each one gets the cleanup a single import gets: shorter pauses, captions, and no hard fillers, retakes or false starts. You end up with one finished project per file on the Projects page.

Each file in a batch uses one automatic edit, so a batch can't be bigger than the edits you have left this month. With three left, you can batch three files.

Recipes: the same settings every time

A recipe saves an edit's format, captions, look, transitions and cutting rules under a name. Set up one video the way you like it, with tight pacing, keyword captions in your accent color and a 9:16 frame, then press "Save as recipe". Start a batch from that recipe and every video in it comes out with the same treatment.

That matters when your videos are a series. Monday tips, listing tours, weekly announcements: viewers notice when the captions change color from one week to the next.

Exporting a batch

On the Projects page, select the projects you want and press "Export selected". Batch export renders them one after another at your plan's resolution, on your device. Keep the tab open until the list shows every video finished, then download each one.

Because rendering happens on your computer, ten videos in a batch take about as long as ten single exports. Nothing renders on a server while you sleep.

How to run a batch

1. 01Open the Projects page and choose Talking head.
2. 02Tick "Cut each file as its own video", then drop in up to 10 files. Choose your recipe so every video starts from the same settings.
3. 03Wait while each file is analyzed. The screen shows which video of the total it's on.
4. 04Open any project to check it. Fix a word or restore a cut the same way as in a single edit. Changes inside the editor are free.
5. 05Back on the Projects page, select the finished projects and press "Export selected".

What it won't do

It won't post or schedule the results. You download the MP4s and upload them yourself.

It won't take more than 10 files at a time. Send the rest in a second batch.

It renders in this browser tab, one video at a time. Close the tab and the export stops.

When not to batch

Don't batch takes of the same script. If those six files are six attempts at one video, a batch makes six separate videos, each with its own flubs. Import them together as one project instead, so the best take picker can compare them line by line and build one edit from the best of each.

Don't batch videos that need different treatment, like a vertical tip and a horizontal webinar. Split them into two batches with a recipe for each.