Video Timeline: Reorder, Trim, Preview
The Video timeline is where you review and organize the video results attached to your storyboard shots. It works best when you think of it as a selection + op…
Working with the production timeline
The Video timeline is where you review and organize the video results attached to your storyboard shots. It works best when you think of it as a selection + operations workflow, not just a passive playback strip.
What you do there
In normal use, you work with the timeline like this:
- select a shot or clip
- inspect what video is currently attached
- use visible actions or the context menu
- review the result in sequence
- reorder or refine the timeline as needed
Sequences
The footer Unsaved changes / Saved control opens the sequences menu.
- The name field at the top is the current sequence. Change it and click Save changes (or press Enter) to rename it. That is separate from creating a new sequence.
- Save changes also writes unsaved timeline edits to Ciaro. IndexedDB can update immediately; the name only changes after the rename succeeds.
- New blank sequence and Duplicate current sequence create another sequence. They do not rename the one you already have.
Playback and review
The timeline supports the core review actions you expect:
- play / pause
- scrub through time
- preview the current assembled sequence
That is important because the Video tab is not only for generating clips — it is also where you judge pacing and continuity.
Shot and clip interaction
A selected shot or clip can expose different actions depending on its current state. In practice that means:
- no finished video yet → create actions
- finished video exists → modify or follow-up actions
- multiple versions exist → review and choose the one you want to keep working from
Reordering and versioning
The Video tab supports timeline organization, but one of the more important real-world behaviors is version review. A lot of timeline work is not about destructively editing one clip — it is about generating a better version, then deciding which clip should represent that shot.
Context menus matter
Not every important timeline action is always visible as a permanent button. If you want to know what can happen to a specific clip, right-clicking the clip is often the fastest way to discover it.
Best practice
Preview often, especially after:
- creating a new video
- modifying an existing clip
- changing clip order
- replacing a shot with a different generated version
That is the easiest way to catch pacing problems before export.