Edit inside an agentic conversation

Adjust a scene without leaving its conversation

A label overlaps an important control in an otherwise approved walkthrough. Open the inline editor, move the label, save and replay that scene. The conversation remains the place to request the next revision.

For a detailed pass across multiple layers and timings, compare the full editor and confirm which copy will receive the edits. Make a detailed edit.

Select the element to change (illustrated guide)

Edit a current video on desktop

Use the inline editor when one supported text, image, or video layer needs a precise adjustment. Broad story or narration changes belong in chat. You must own an editable video, use a desktop browser, and wait until the conversation is idle.

1. Open your completed conversation from Projects.
2. Choose Edit on a video with an editable composition.
3. Select the scene and then the supported text, image, or video layer you want to adjust. Use the controls shown for that selection; image and video sizing presets include 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the canvas.
4. Choose Save, close the editor, and replay the affected scene in the preview.

If Edit is unavailable, confirm that you own the video, use a desktop browser, and wait for the active request to finish. A rendered video without an editable composition may have no inline controls. Preserve any unsaved wording before reopening; contact Support if a saved change disappears again.

Scene and timeline controls

Use the timeline for scene selection, trimming and splitting, and the canvas or Layers panel for precise visual changes. Save a staged timeline change before continuing with layers when prompted.

Ask ngram to create the first version, then turn on Edit for precise adjustments such as moving a layer, correcting a line, changing a background or timing an effect.

Use this when

Use this guide to replace an image or video with uploaded media, edit layers or timing, or recover when the editor does not load or save as expected. The editor works on the video in its conversation.

This does not solve

This guide does not cover broad story rewrites or guarantee recovery of an unsaved edit. Return to chat for changes to meaning, story, or creative direction, and copy any unsaved wording you need to preserve before reopening the page.

Before you start

• Use a desktop browser and open a video you own. Wait for active generation to finish.
• Editing a finished premium-model video requires Basic or higher. Free accounts can edit ngram-flash videos.
• Keep the editor open while changes are unsaved, and use the apply or save action shown for the change.

Open the scene editor

Recommended: begin with an agentic video

1. Open the finished conversation from Projects.
2. Select Edit above the video preview.
3. Select the scene you want from the timeline, then select a layer on the canvas when the change applies to one element.

Know the workspace

• Canvas: preview the current scene and select, move, resize, or edit its layers.
• Editing rail: open the panels available for your video, such as Layers, Script, Uploads, Text, Elements, Effects, Music and Backgrounds. Additional panels depend on the selected content.
• Timeline: play the video, select a scene or timed item, add a scene, move the playhead, and zoom the timeline. Effects, music, and other supported audio appear on their own tracks.
• Top controls: Undo or Redo scene edits, Cancel staged changes, Save them, open Edit video quick controls, then Download or Share the saved result.

Add a chapter card before a scene

Use a chapter card when viewers need a short, branded title before a scene begins. It is a one-second opening card attached to that scene, not a separate scene in the timeline.

1. Open the finished conversation, select Edit, and select the scene in the timeline.
2. If Chapter is available for the selected scene, open it in the editing rail and turn on the card.
3. Set the title, subtitle, and template; choose whether to show the scene number, then select Save.
4. Play from the start of the selected scene to confirm the card appears before the scene content, then export when the result is ready.

If the card is not right, keep the project open, select the same scene, and adjust or turn off its Chapter settings before saving again. The card is stored with the selected scene, so changing another scene does not change it.

Select and adjust canvas elements

1. Select a text, shape, image, or video layer on the canvas.
2. Drag the layer to move it. Use its handles to resize it.
3. Use the floating controls when available to change colors, opacity, shadow, entrance or exit animation, alignment, or to duplicate the layer. Use Arrange to move a compatible layer forward or backward when it needs to sit above or below another layer.
4. Double-click editable text, type the replacement, then click away or press Command+Enter to keep it. Press Escape to cancel the text change.
5. Use the trash control to remove a selected layer. Undo is the safest recovery if you remove or move the wrong item.

Size and position an image precisely

1. Select an editable image on the canvas. The floating toolbar appears beside the selected image.
2. Open Image properties and choose 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% when you want a repeatable width relative to the video frame. Use the resize handles for a custom size.
3. Open Position to enter horizontal and vertical canvas coordinates or a rotation in degrees. Press Enter or move focus away from a field to apply the value.
4. Replay the scene and confirm the image stays inside the frame before selecting Save. Use Undo if a precise value puts the image in the wrong place.

Trim or split a scene

1. Select the scene in the timeline. Drag its left or right trim handle inward to remove time from the start or end without deleting the rest of the scene.
2. To divide the scene, move the playhead to the intended frame and select Split at playhead. The timeline creates two staged parts from the same source.
3. Review both sides of the trim or split. Use Reset trim when you want the selected scene's full source range again.
4. Select Save to commit the timeline change, or Cancel to discard the staged edit. Finish or cancel a split before using panels that are temporarily read-only for that staged result.

What each editor panel does

Layers

Layers lists the editable text, images, videos, shapes, and groups in the selected scene. Search by the visible layer name, hover a row to find it on the canvas, then select the row to edit it. Expand a group to reach nested items. When a layer is not visible at the current playhead time, use its preview control to show it temporarily without changing the saved timing.

Script

Open Script to review the narration by scene and edit the words you want to change. Choose Send to agent when that is the action shown. For a scene video, choose Update voice to change the narration, or Update voice + visuals when the picture should change too. Wait for the update, then replay the affected scene and check its timing. A video without narration has no script to revise; the editor’s main Save button does not send narration requests.

Uploads

Uploads contains images, logos, and videos already added in this project or through chat. Select Upload files to add an image or video. Select an asset card to add it to the current scene, or drag it onto the canvas.

Replace a scene image or video with uploaded media

1. Turn on Edit, choose the intended scene in the timeline, and select its current image or video layer on the canvas.
2. Open Uploads. Select Upload files to add a new image or video, or choose an asset already in the project.
3. Select the asset card or drag it onto the canvas, then move and resize the new layer.
4. If the old visual remains, select that old layer and use the trash control. Confirm the intended scene—not a neighboring scene—now shows the replacement.
5. Replay the scene, select Save, and wait for the Changes saved message before exporting or sharing.

Record

When Record is available in the editing rail, it opens the screen recorder. Select Start Recording, choose the screen, window, or browser tab to share, finish the recording, review it, and add it as the scene's source video. Record naturally: pauses and mistakes can be handled after capture.

Text

Text adds a heading, subheading, body-text layer, or a coordinated font combination. Select a preset, then double-click the inserted text on the canvas to replace its words. Use the layer controls to position and style it.

Elements

Elements adds a rounded rectangle, circle, line, graphic, illustration, 3D asset, Lottie animation, GIF, sticker, stock clip, or meme. Search the entire library or select See all beside a category. After insertion, adjust the element on the canvas and use its timeline item when one is available.

Effects

1. Select an image or video on the canvas, then open Effects.
2. Choose Add Zoom to magnify a selected area, or Add Focus area to keep one area bright while dimming the rest.
3. Position the target on the canvas. For Zoom, set its level and transition. For Focus area, choose the shape, darkness, and edge softness.
4. Drag the effect item's left or right timeline edge to change when it starts and ends, then replay the scene.

Music

Music controls one background track for the whole video. Select Choose music, preview a track from the available moods, select the track, and confirm with Select. The music appears on its own timeline track and is matched to the video duration. Reopen Music to change the track or adjust its volume, then use the editor's main Save button.

Backgrounds

Backgrounds frames the current scene with no background, a preset color, a library wallpaper, or a compatible uploaded image or video. Select the option and review the canvas before saving. Uploaded backgrounds appear only after media has been added to the project.

Audio

If Audio is available for the selected scene, it lists existing sound effects for the current scene. Select one to expose its timing controls above the canvas. If the scene has no sound effect, this panel is empty. Voiceover and whole-video background music remain in Edit video and Music; Audio is not a second music library.

Templates and Layout

Templates appears for compatible intro or outro slides. It switches the slide layout while keeping compatible text and brand fields; preview a template, then use the panel's Save or Cancel control. Layout appears for supported Avatar and Screencast scenes. The choices depend on the scene type and aspect ratio.

For a Screencast, choose Full video, Video + panel, Video + steps, or Video + callout, then adjust the controls offered by that layout. For an Avatar, choose a presenter placement such as Bottom right, Left side, or Center stage. Avatar layout regeneration can use credits; review the displayed cost, replay the scene, and save only when the arrangement is right.

Interactivity

When Interactivity is available for your video on Ultimate or Enterprise, add clickable buttons, quizzes, and polls to your hosted or embedded video. Use a quiz for a question, a poll for feedback, or an action button to send viewers to a destination. Follow the dedicated guide to configure and publish the interaction.

Tools

If Tools is available for the selected scene, it runs a focused AI edit on compatible recorded or uploaded video: Remove background, Fix eye contact, Remove background noise, Translate video, or Dub voice. Select the scene video first. A disabled Tool includes a Why unavailable control that explains what is missing; for example, generated clips are not eligible for Tools that require recorded or uploaded footage, and Translate video or Dub voice requires a single-video project.

Review any displayed credit cost before running a Tool. Its result replaces the selected scene video, and a finished Tool result is kept even if you later close the editor without saving other canvas changes. Use Revert to previous video if the available result is not right.

Add your own intro or outro

In the storyboard, use the add control before the first scene for an intro or after the last scene for an outro. Choose an available Slide template, review its preview and select Add Slide. You can also choose a compatible template from your Brand Kit. If your project’s dialog offers Upload image or video, you can choose that option, wait for the file to finish processing, review it and select Add bookend. If a template or upload is unavailable, keep the current project and check the choice’s requirements before trying again.

Use the Edit video quick controls

Select Edit video above the preview to turn captions, background music, voiceover, or sound effects on or off when those layers exist, or to choose background music. A disabled switch means the project does not currently have a compatible layer. Use Music in the editing rail when you need a precise background-music volume adjustment.

Save and review your changes

1. Replay the affected scene and the transition into the next scene. For timed changes, play through both edges of the timeline item.
2. Select Save in the top bar. Wait for Saving… and Rendering… to finish; a saved draft alone is not a finished video.
3. Replay the saved video before downloading or sharing it. Download can remain unavailable while saved changes are still syncing.

Expected result

After saving and rendering finish, replay the updated video and confirm the new media, text, layout, audio or timing appears in the intended scene.

When to return to chat

Return to agentic chat for a new storyline, a broad visual direction, several coordinated scene changes, or a request you can describe more easily than place by hand. Stay in the scene editor for local adjustments whose exact position, wording, style, or timing you want to control yourself.

If something is missing or unavailable

• A panel or control can depend on the selected scene type, selected layer, project contents, plan, ownership, or completion state. Select the scene and the relevant image or video before deciding that a control is missing.
• If you try to switch scenes or leave with staged changes, select Keep editing, then Save. Choosing Discard changes removes the unsaved scene edits.
• If Save reports a conflict, a partial save, or a changed conversation, preserve any unsaved wording and use the one-reopen recovery below. Do not keep retrying Save.
• If an animated image upload is rejected, add a GIF from Elements or upload a still image or video instead.
• On mobile, continue the revision through agentic chat or reopen the project on desktop for manual canvas editing.

If the editor will not load, controls are missing, or a change will not save

1. Preserve unsaved wording outside the page, keep the project URL, and note the selected scene, missing control, or change that disappeared.
2. Confirm the conversation has a finished video, Edit is turned on, and the relevant scene or canvas element is selected. Some controls appear only for a compatible layer or scene type.
3. Reopen the exact project once from Projects. Re-select the scene and make only the smallest lost change again, then select Save once. Review a displayed credit estimate before any regeneration.
4. Replay the scene and verify the change in the current session. If the editor still does not load, the control remains missing, or the change disappears again after the one reopen above, stop and contact Support.

Already reopened once? Stop and contact Support

Do not keep refreshing, re-uploading, or regenerating if the same editor or save problem returns. Send Support the project URL, approximate time, affected scene or timestamp, visible error or missing control, browser, file type when an upload is involved, whether you retried once, and whether Usage shows a credit change. Keep the project and source file while it is investigated.