Guides
Learn Ondo Studio from scratch. Every page is short, practical and about one thing — read them in order, or jump to what you need.
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First time editing video? Read these three guides in order — you'll have exported your first video within half an hour.
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22 guides
Getting started
The basics
Importing media
Adding video, images, GIF and audio, the music library, and recording from a microphone.
4 min
Timeline and tracks
How layers stack up, hiding a track, muting, solo, and track-wide effects.
5 min
Editing clips
Splitting, trimming, ripple delete, snapping, markers, copy/paste and undo.
6 min
Playback and navigation
The playhead, stepping frame by frame, the J/K/L shuttle and the play range (`I`/`O`).
4 min
Creative work
Transitions
Placing any of the 111 transitions on a cut or a clip edge, and tuning the duration.
5 min
Effects and color
70 visual effects, color grading, presets and chroma key (green screen).
6 min
Text, subtitles, stickers
Writing headlines, choosing fonts and styles, importing SRT/VTT, and adding stickers.
5 min
Transform and keyframes
Position, scale, rotation, crop, speed — and animating them over time.
6 min
Masks and Ken Burns
Cutting a layer to a shape (circle, gradient, a hole) and bringing a still image to life with a slow move.
5 min
Audio and music
Levels, fades, 61 audio effects and the built-in music library.
5 min
Recording voice and TTS
Recording from the microphone, capturing the webcam, and having your system voice read out your text.
5 min
Auto tools
Remove silence, beat effects, auto-ducking and split-screen/PiP — everything in the “Auto” menu.
6 min
Auto-edit (beat sync)
One button that cuts your video track to the beat of the music.
3 min
Finishing up
Exporting to mp4
Choosing quality and size, exporting a range, and what makes export fast or slow.
4 min
Projects and saving
Autosave, keeping several projects, working offline and installing as an app.
4 min
Keyboard shortcuts
Every key in one place — this is where editing speed comes from.
3 min
Working on phone and tablet
The “⋯” menu, panels as sheets, clip actions on a long press, and pinch to zoom.
4 min
Troubleshooting
Black preview, export errors, slowness and missing media — what to do.
5 min