Positioning & layering

In the Video Editor you place elements freely on the preview canvas and stack them in layers. Layering and picture-in-picture need Full mode, where elements can overlap.

Move, resize, align

• Move — drag an element on the canvas.
• Resize — drag its corner handles (hold to keep proportions where offered).
• Layer order — an element on a higher track sits on top. Drag tracks up/down in Full mode to change what’s in front.

Put an avatar in a corner (picture-in-picture)

Show a presenter as a small overlay in the corner while a photo or video fills the frame:

1. Switch the timeline to Full mode.
2. Add the background first — an image or a video clip — and size it to fill the frame.
3. Add the avatar on a track above it.
4. Select the avatar, resize it smaller, and drag it into a corner.
5. Give it a Circle or Square frame shape for a clean PiP look, and a Frame Border if you want it to stand out.

Tip

Keep the avatar and its background on overlapping time ranges so the presenter appears for as long as the shot behind it plays — or link them so they stay in sync.

Transparent-background avatars

Instead of a framed corner, you can cut the avatar out so the scene behind shows through — the presenter appears to stand directly in your footage.

1. Select the avatar and turn on Transparent background in its Properties.
2. Place the avatar over an image or video (Full mode), on a higher track.
3. The background element plays behind the cut-out presenter.

Use it for a “presenter in the room” look, or over a moving parallax shot. If the edges look off for a particular avatar, a framed shape (Circle/Square) is a reliable fallback.

Next steps

• Elements & scene types — the pieces you’re arranging.
• Link a visual to a voiceover — keep layered elements in sync.
• Grouping elements — move several as one.