What is Ondo Studio?
A video editor that runs in the browser: what it can do, how it differs, and what you need.
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Ondo Studio is a video editor that runs inside your browser. You open a web address and a few seconds later you're editing: nothing gets installed, there's no sign-up, and no file is uploaded to anybody's server.
If you've never edited video before, you're in the right place. These guides start from zero: every new term is explained the first time it comes up, right where you meet it.
Your files never leave your device
A typical online editor uploads your video to a server, cuts it there and sends the result back. Ondo Studio works differently: the whole edit — the cuts, the effects, the sound, even assembling the finished mp4 — happens on your own machine, inside the browser window.
- No upload to wait for. Because the file goes nowhere, importing finishes instantly — even a 2 GB video.
- Privacy by default. No outside server sees your personal footage, because it never gets there.
- It works offline. Once the page has loaded, you can keep editing without a connection. You can even install the studio as an app.
What you need
Just a modern browser. Browsers are not equal when it comes to video, though — here's the honest picture.
Chrome or Edge — full support
The recommended route. Everything, including mp4 export, works as intended.
Firefox — works
Editing works fully. Only the export differs: the audio is written with the Opus codec instead of AAC — most players handle it, some older devices don't.
Safari — limited
You can look around and edit some things, but export is not yet reliable. For real work, open Chrome.
What it can do
- Cut and assemble — lay several videos, images, GIFs and audio files on one timeline and trim away what you don't need.
- Make it look good — 111 transitions, 70 video effects, color grading with presets, and green-screen (chroma key).
- Text and stickers — headlines, subtitles (including importing SRT/VTT files) and 183 animated stickers.
- Work with sound — 61 audio effects, fades, per-track levels and a clean-licensed music library. You can also record straight from your microphone.
- Animation — move, scale or rotate a layer over time with keyframes.
- Auto-edit — one button that cuts your footage to the beat of the music.
- Export to mp4 — with quality levels, output size, and the option to render only a selected range.
What it can't do
It's better to be upfront: Ondo Studio is not a replacement for a professional film suite. These things aren't here:
- Cloud collaboration — a project lives in this browser, on this device. There's no picking it up on another computer and no working together as a team.
- Automatic captioning (speech to text). You can import a ready SRT/VTT file, but the studio won't listen to your audio and write the words for you.
- Motion graphics, 3D and heavy compositing — what you get here is straightforward layers, transforms and keyframes.
- Feature-length projects. Everything runs in memory, so it suits a clip of a few minutes rather than an hour-long documentary.
Who it's for
People making Reels and Shorts, bloggers, teachers, small business owners — anyone who needs a short, clear video finished quickly. That includes people who have never edited anything: there's no program to install, no account, no payment. You just open it and try.
Is it free?
Yes. No account, no subscription, and no watermark on the video you export.
Do I lose my work if I close the tab?
No. The project is saved automatically inside your browser and reopens where you left off. But that means this browser, on this device: clear your browsing data or move to another computer and it won't be there. Export anything important to mp4 once it's ready.
Which file types can it take?
Any video your browser can read (usually mp4/MOV), images, animated GIFs and audio files (mp3, wav and so on). On the way out it always gives you an mp4.
Where should I start?
With “Your first video” — it walks you to a finished file in five steps. After that, take the interface tour.