Content Lab streamlines the editing process for full-length event recordings and uploaded videos. This guide will walk you through how to edit videos: 

Log into Content Lab and either:

• Open an existing video or event recording (OR)
• Upload a video

Next, navigate to the Recording tab to perform the following actions:

Trim your video

Adjust the timeline markers to modify the start and end points of your video.

Remove video segments

• Review the transcript to identify the sections you want to remove (e.g., filler words, mistakes, or irrelevant content).
• Select the corresponding text and click the Delete button in the pop-up menu.
• Content Lab will automatically remove the video segment corresponding to the deleted transcript. You can notice the deleted portion greyed out in the timeline. 

Add templates

Click on Templates in the right menu to choose and apply your desired template. To know more, refer to How to Create and Use Templates in Content Lab. 

Change video layout

Click Layout on the right menu to:

• Choose the video's Aspect Ratio
• Convert the video into an Audiogram
• Add Borders

Customize captions

Click Captions on the right menu to toggle on/off the captions and select your preferred caption style. 

Add background

Click Background on the right menu to set a specific color or use an image for your video's background. 

Add an intro and outro

Click the icon at the beginning and end of the video timeline to add an intro and outro, respectively. 

Correct captions

Select words with spelling, punctuation, or capitalization errors. Click Correct in the pop-up. 

Select Correct for a single instance or Correct All for all occurrences in the transcript. 

Hide in captions

Select a word or chunk of text you want to remove from the captions and click the icon to hide it. 

Note: This only hides it in the captions, but it isn't removed from the video.  

Key points to note

• Any edits you make to the recording will only impact new clips created going forward; they won’t change any clips that have already been made. To ensure that all your changes are applied consistently across all clips and assets, it’s best to correct the transcript first and then edit the full-length video before creating any new clips or other assets.
• If you want to undo your most recent action, you can use the Undo Changes icon, which will only remove the last applied change while leaving any prior edits intact.
• If you need to restore the video to its original state, simply click the Revert Changes button. This action will undo all edits made and return the video to its initial version, which is the default Goldcast recording for events and webinars, or the original uploaded video for all other types of videos.

Next Steps

Once you've edited the full-length video, hit the Share button on the top right to download the edited mp4 file. 

You can then manually upload this video file wherever needed. Here are a few ways to use the edited video in Goldcast:

• Use it as a video to play in a live event
• Add it to an upcoming pre-recorded event
• Replace the default recording in an on-demand event
• Replace the default recording in the on-demand page of a smart webinar
• Add it to a video hub ^[Beta]