How to edit your Loom video

✂️ Trim and stitch videos so you never have to rerecord again!

Use Loom's trim and stitch features to turn create multiple video into one and remove any mishaps. Loom provides you with the following editing options:

Trim (waveform): remove sections of your video using an audio waveform.
Edit by Transcript: identify and remove portions of video using your transcript.
Stitch: combine multiple videos into one.

Please Note:We recently updated our editing suite as shown in the images and videos below. Your editing suite may look slightly different as we slowly release editing improvements for everyone, such as zooming via the waveform!

Here's how to edit: 👇

👉Available on all plans (Education, Starter free, Business and Enterprise).

Our classic trim method allows you to identify and remove part of your video using an audio waveform.

Here's a video walkthrough of how to trim your video:

⚠️ You will only be able to make up to 150 trims per clip. You also will only be able to trim videos that are 5 hours or less in length.

Trim the Start or End of the video:

After recording, click Edit from the video side panel and then Edit your video.
You have now entered trimming mode! Trim the beginning or end of your video by dragging the Trim bar handles to where you would like the video to resume.
(Beta feature) If you'd like to be extra precise, you can zoom into specific parts of video using Fit tool. This will give you the most accurate trim possible!
Once you're happy with your trim edits, select click Save Changes.

Trim a section in the middle of your video

Click Edit from the video side panel and then Trim and Stitch.
Then hover and click the section of the video you want to remove and click Split. The split feature divides the video into 2 clips.
The split clips can now be trimmed by dragging the handles at the end of each clip.
Any portion of the timeline in a light gray color without a timestamp will be removed from the video.
(Beta feature) You can also Delete Selection of your video by holding and dragging the portion you wish to remove.
You can trim multiple clips in the same trimming experience. You can also go back and edit the trims you previously made. Once you're happy with your trim edits, select click Save Changes.

👉Available on Business and Enterprise plans.

Edit by Transcript allows you to identify and remove portions of video using your transcript. Your footage doesn't have to be scrubbed over and over again to remove bad takes. Now, you can just peek at your transcript to find those mishaps. Simply highlight and remove!

Here's a video walkthrough of how to edit via transcript

Here are the written steps:

Open the video share page of the video you want to edit and click Edit by Transcript.
From here, highlight the word or sentence you want to remove from your video and click Trim.
(Beta feature) You will also be able to see the all the changes you make in your Waveform editor as well!
If you make a mistake you can click ⏰ icon at the top right to undo or click directly on the word or sentence you want to undo.
If you need help finding a section to trim out, you can use the search feature to find the word or sentence.
Once you are happy with your edits click Done! Thats it. ✨

👉Available on All Plans (Education, Starter free, Business and Enterprise).

Stitching clips together allow you to do the following:

- Create content collaboratively (stitch Looms with others)
- Create cross-platform videos (stitch mobile+desktop Looms)
- Create Looms with reusable content (stitch in an intro or outro for sale demos)
- Add a topic into a Loom (stitch in the content you forgot to mention)

Here's how to stitch a video:

Open the video share page of the video you are looking to add clips into.
After recording, click Edit and then Edit your video.
From here, you will want to click Add Clips under your video. You can then choose which video you want to stitch by:
→ Selecting a video from a list of your recently created Looms
→ Search your existing Loom by keyword
→ Directly add a Loom URL for a video that you or someone else has created
Once you have selected a video, you will see that the video has been added as a clip to your existing video. If you wish to reorder your clips, you can do so by clicking the arrows below each clip.
Repeat the process if you would like to add more clips.
Once you are finished editing, click save, and you’re all done! 👏

Please Note: If you are on a Starter-free plan or have a Creator Lite role, stitched videos will be subject to a 5-minute video limit. This means if you stitch videos together and the entire video duration of the stitched video exceeds five minutes, you'll have to trim the video to 5-minutes or less.

What to do if your trim gets stuck?

If your trim has been processing for over 30 mins, it's possible there was an error during the process. But don't worry, your video is not lost! Here are two ways you can fix this:

Open back up the trim page, slightly adjust one of your current trims, and then publish the minor change. This will re-process all of your trim and should enable your video to process successfully.
Open your trim page, select Revert to Original, then restart your Chrome browser. From here, you should be able to successfully trim again.

FAQ

What video clips can I stitch together?

You can stitch any videos you or other teammates have created (this includes creators outside of your workspace)!

If you want to stitch a video from another creator, you will need the following: the video URL, access to view, and the video will need “Viewers can stitch video” enabled.

What happens to the original video of clips added?

Nothing! No changes will be made to the original video source of clips added.

How do I allow others to add my video as a clip?

Anyone can add your video as a clip as long as they have the video URL and your video has Viewers can stitch this video to others enabled in your Video settings.

How do I block others from adding my video as a clip?

If you don’t want your video to be accessible to other creators for stitching, all you need to do is toggle off Stitch from Video settings. This will prevent others from being able to add your video as a clip to theirs. If you wish for none of your videos to be added by others, set your Default settings with Stitch disabled.

Can I re-order trims within a video clip?

No, you will only be able to re-order video clips added. For example, if you trim out a video part in an added clip, as seen below, you will only be able to move that entire video clip, not the trims within the clip.

Questions, comments, concerns? Contact us here.

Happy recording! 🎥 😄