At a glance
What editing tools are there?
| Tool | How | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Trim | Drag the handles at either end of the timeline | Sets where the clip starts and ends |
| Cut at playhead | One click adds a 1 second cut where the playhead is | Removes a section from the middle |
| Detect silences | Scans the caption word timings for pauses | Suggests cuts you accept or dismiss |
| Restore | Click a cut to restore it, or clear them all | Puts removed sections back |
The workflow
How do you cut out part of a Twitch clip?
- 1Open the clip in the Boltis editor.
- 2Drag the trim handles in from each end to drop the lead-in and the tail.
- 3Move the playhead to anything in the middle you want gone and click Cut at playhead. Adjust the cut to fit.
- 4Play it back. The preview skips every cut, so you hear exactly what will export.
- 5Export. Removed sections are left out of the video.
Detect silences
Can Boltis find the silences for you?
Yes, once the clip has captions. Captions carry a start and end time for every word, so the gaps between words are the pauses in speech. Detect silences marks every gap of a second or more as a suggested cut, with a little space left either side so the next word is not clipped.
Suggestions are shown on the timeline, not applied. Accept one to turn it into a cut, dismiss it to keep that pause, or dismiss them all. That matters on stream audio, because a pause in speech is sometimes the best part: the silence before the reaction.
Safe to try
Is cutting destructive?
No. A cut marks a section to leave out of the export. The clip itself is never changed, so nothing you cut is gone.
- Restore any single cut from the timeline
- Clear every cut in one click
- Undo and redo with Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y
In sync
Do captions and overlays stay in sync after cutting?
Yes. Captions and overlays are placed against the original clip, and Boltis works out where they land in the shortened version at export. Cutting a pause before the punchline moves the punchline caption with it, instead of leaving it hanging over the wrong words.
An overlay that spans a cut is treated as one overlay, so its entrance animation plays once rather than again after every cut.