Rapidemo
Timeline editor
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The timeline shows your project: Scenes, then tracks of Clips, Zooms, Clicks, Subtitles, Masks and the cursor. Move, split, merge and bulk-edit any element.
The tracks on the timeline
Each track (row) of the timeline holds one type of element:
- Cursor shows the recorded cursor movement that Rapidemo smooths automatically.
- Clicks (yellow) are the click animations created from your recorded mouse clicks.
- Clips (blue) are the video segments. A Clip covers both your screen and camera recordings: splitting or resizing a Clip always applies to both, keeping them in sync.
- Zooms (red) are the automatic zoom animations Rapidemo creates from your mouse activity.
- Subtitles (green) appear once you’ve transcribed your audio.
- Masks (black) appear while masking mode is enabled.
Elements on the same track never overlap; elements on different tracks do, which is how an automatic zoom sits on top of a Clip. See how projects work.
Scenes on the timeline
Scene elements sit above the element tracks, at the top of the timeline’s hierarchy: a project is made of Scenes, and each Scene is made of the Clips, Zooms and other elements on the tracks below.
Use the Scene element to add, select, rename and remove Scenes, and to set the transitions between them. Selecting a Scene shows its properties.
Move and trim elements
Trim the start and end of a Clip, Zoom or Subtitle by dragging the edges of its timeline element. Move the entire element by dragging from its center.
While you drag, elements can snap to helpful guide lines. Snapping is off by default; toggle it on when you want it.
If two Clips or Zooms are adjacent, Rapidemo smoothly transitions between them, even if their layouts or zoom levels differ.
Maximize in the context menu, or f, expands the selected element to use all available space to its left or right.
Zoom the timeline scale with ctrl + and ctrl - for precise edits, or with the zoom buttons at the left of the timeline. The same control stack holds Go to start, the snapping toggle and the masking mode toggle.
Create and delete elements
Create a new Clip, Zoom or Subtitle by double-clicking an empty spot on the timeline, or right-click and select New.
Delete elements by selecting them and clicking Delete in the context menu, or press del.
Split and merge elements
To split an element, move the playhead to the desired position, open the element’s context menu and click Split at time cursor, or select the element and press s.
If two Clips have empty space between them, Rapidemo skips the gap during playback and export, cutting that part out of the video. Screen and camera always stay in sync.
To merge adjacent elements, select them, right-click and choose Merge, or press m. The result keeps the properties of the selected element.
Customization and bulk editing
Select a Click, Clip, Zoom or Subtitle to see its properties next to the preview. For example, change the zoom level of a Zoom, or the layout of a Clip.
To bulk-edit, select multiple elements while holding shift or ctrl. The properties then edit all selected elements at once.
Right-click an element and choose Select all, or press ctrl a, to select all elements of the same type in the current Scene. For Clips and Zooms, opening their properties with the button next to the preview also selects all elements of that type.
All shortcuts are listed under editor hotkeys.