The floating toolbar at the bottom right of the timeline gives you quick access to selection tools, AI-powered cleanup tools, and multi-cam controls. To generate drafts and work with the Selects Agent in chat, see Prompt-based AI editing: generate a draft using AI chat.
Selection tool
[Selection tool] is your default cursor for picking and moving clips on the timeline.
Click the [Selection tool] icon to switch between related tools:
[Razor tool]: Split a clip at the point you click.
[Zoom tool]: Zoom in on the timeline for precise editing.
[Hand tool]: Scroll the timeline by clicking and dragging without accidentally moving clips.
Cut tools
[Cut tools] are AI-powered tools for automatically cleaning up your timeline. Click [Cut tools] to choose between two options.
1. Remove silence
[Remove silence] detects and cuts silent gaps in your footage. This tightens pacing in interviews and conversations where speakers pause between thoughts.
Choose a gap preset — select how much space to leave between words after silence is removed:
[No gap]: Cuts are tight with minimal breathing room. Best for fast-paced, energetic edits.
[Short]: Leaves a small pause between sentences. Works well for most conversational content.
[Medium]: Preserves more breathing room. Good for slower-paced or more formal content.
Custom settings (optional) — if the presets do not fit, fine-tune with custom settings:
[After word ends]: How much padding to leave after a word finishes before the cut begins.
[Minimum cut]: The shortest silence that will be removed. Silences shorter than this are left untouched.
[Before next word]: How much padding to leave before the next word starts.
Click [Apply] to apply. Review the result in the timeline. If the pacing feels off, undo and try a different preset.
2. Cut filler words
[Cut filler words] detects and removes verbal clutter: ums, uhs, hedging phrases, and repeated words that slow down delivery.
Select filler categories — choose which types of filler to target:
[Hesitations]: um, uh, er, and similar sounds
[Hedging]: kind of, sort of, I think, you know, and similar softening phrases
[Repeats]: stuttered or repeated words and phrases
You can enable one, two, or all three depending on how aggressive you want the cleanup to be.
Choose cut behavior:
[All occurrences]: Removes every detected filler word in the selected categories.
[Minimum jump cuts]: Only removes filler where the cut will not create a noticeable visual jump. This preserves smoother on-camera delivery at the cost of leaving some filler in.
Click [Cut filler words] to apply. Some filler may be intentional for natural delivery. Removing every hesitation can make someone sound overly scripted in conversational footage.
To undo, click [Restore filler words] to bring back all removed filler and start over.
Camera switching settings
[Camera switching settings] lets you configure how Selects handles camera angles during your edit: which speaker is assigned to which camera, which audio track to use, and whether to apply automatic camera switching.
See prompt
[See prompt] shows the AI prompt that generated the current draft. Copy it, adjust it, and use it when creating a new draft to iterate on your edit direction without starting from scratch.
Expand multi-cam tracks
[Expand multi-cam tracks] opens a view of all individual camera and audio tracks in your project. You can see which angles are active or disabled. Click the speaker icon next to any audio track to enable or disable it.
