Meet the redesigned timeline for effortless editing

This Summer we’ve zeroed in on overhauling the editing experience on Web, with a number of “little big” changes to shave every second out of your edit session

New Look

• Timeline toolbar surfaces contextual actions based on the clips you’ve selected, even if they’re different combinations of clip types.

Multi-Select Magic

• Select, edit, copy, and paste multiple clips across your timeline

• Lasso selection: drag to select multiple clips

• Hold down the "shift" key and click the first and last clip to select everything between

• Hold "command" key while clicking to add specific clips to your selection

• Bulk editing additions like copying and pasting will cut down edits times to single digits

Timeline Upgrades

• Split clips without selecting them first. Use one hand to drag the the playhead and hit s to cut everything – perfect for first passes and rough cuts

• Clip-snapping with visual guides makes precise alignment a snap.

• We’ve Improved timeline and canvas zooming performance

Bring Your Own Audio

• You can now use your own audio files in Slate in conjunction with audio files published from the Brand Hub

• Audio uploaded from your computer lives in the Uploads drawer – renamed from media Drawer

Mind your Gaps

• Insert clips between existing content without disrupting your flow

• Click on gaps between clips to remove them or remove all gaps in a lane with a single click

• Trimming a clip respects the relative spacing of clips that follow it; meaning you can dial in the first frame, without any impact to your other clips positioning in the timeline.

Zoomable Captions

• By default, captions now appear as a single unit making it easier to apply styling to all captions.

• To edit the timing and styling for specific captions, zoom in your timeline. The captions will break up into phrases.