# Pro Studio

> A timeline editor for the open project: place footage, cut it, and render the result as an MP4.

- URL: https://clip-forge.io/guide/pro-studio
- All stations: https://clip-forge.io/guide

## Put the video on the timeline

Figure (Pro Studio): https://clip-forge.io/guide/figures/pro-studio.webp

1. With an empty timeline, press Place the whole video on V1.
2. Or build it from clips: in the clip library press Add to put a clip at the end of the track, or Insert to put it at the playhead.

## Add a video from Google Drive

1. In the clip library press Add video from Drive and pick a video. It is copied into the project and listed with the files you added, and it counts toward your plan's file limit.
2. If the library shows Connect Google Drive to add from it instead, press that and connect Drive in Settings under Accounts first.

## Cut a clip

1. Press a clip on the timeline to select it, and drag the playhead to where the cut goes.
2. Press Split to cut the clip in two at the playhead.
3. Press Trim start or Trim end to drop everything before or after the playhead.
4. To move a clip, drag it, or select it and press the left and right arrow keys.

## Grade the picture and mix the sound

Plan: Pro

1. Press Color to grade the selected clip with wheels and curves. Press Audio for a volume and pan strip per track.
2. What you set on those pages is saved with the timeline and rendered in the export.

## Render the timeline and download it

1. Press Render, then Render again in the dialog. The timeline renders on the server at 1080p.
2. Press Exports to watch it. When it is finished it moves to Completed, where Download saves the file.

## Cut a subject out with AI Rotoscoping

Plan: Pro

Not built yet.

AI Rotoscoping is a preview. It detects no subject and exports no mask.

## Find scene changes automatically

Not built yet.

Scene detection is not built. Asking the Assistant for it runs nothing.