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Grouping elements

Grouping ties several elements together so they behave as one — move the group and everything inside shifts with it; re-time it and the members reflow to stay in sync. It’s the easiest way to keep a photo and its motion, or a run of shots and their narration, aligned.

  • Open a video in the Video Editor.
  • Have the elements you want to group on the timeline.
  1. Select the elements you want together (for example, several photos).
  2. Choose Group.
  3. They now move as one — drag the group to reposition it, and its members keep their order and spacing.
  • Move together — reposition the whole group in one drag.
  • Re-time together — when the group’s timing changes, its members reflow so nothing overlaps or drifts.
  • Stay in order — members keep their sequence inside the group.

Link a group to a single voiceover so one narration plays across every element in it — ideal for a paragraph of narration over a set of interior photos. See Link a visual to a voiceover.

Select the group and choose Ungroup to split it back into individual elements. Each keeps its current position; from there you can edit them separately.