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Clips

Clips are the fundamental building blocks of your video in Banger.Show. They represent the actual content you see and work with, such as images, video files, text, 3D models, or visual effects. Clips are placed onto Tracks on the Timeline, and each has properties (like size, position, opacity) that you can adjust and animate.

Getting Started

Clips are created from the Elements tab in the Inspector. Simply browse the available elements and click to add them to your timeline.

Elements tab
Elements tab

Types of Clips

Banger.Show features two primary types of clips, each serving a distinct purpose:

Regular Clips

Regular clips are your main creative elements that you can freely position, resize, and animate throughout your video.

Behavior: You can freely position Regular Clips on tracks, adjust their individual start times and durations, and layer them to create complex compositions.

Override clips

Override clips let you change the default camera, environment, or effects for a specific portion of your video. Unlike regular clips, they control global settings rather than adding visible elements.

Camera

Override the default camera position, rotation, field of view, and movement

Environment

Change the lighting conditions and overall atmosphere

Effects

Add individual post-processing effects like bloom, VHS, vignette, and more

Behavior: Override clips have a start time and duration, just like regular clips. You can drag, resize, and reposition them on the timeline. They only apply for the frames they cover — when they end, the defaults resume.

Priority: If two override clips of the same type overlap in time, the one on the higher track takes priority. See the Timeline guide for more details.

Manipulating Clips

Efficiently working with clips is key to a smooth workflow in Banger.Show.

Basic Operations

Selection

  • Single: Left-click a clip to select it
  • Multiple: Hold Shift + click for multiple selection

Positioning

  • Moving: Click and drag to new position or track
  • Resizing: Drag start/end handles to change duration

Copy & Paste

  • Copy: Ctrl+C (Windows) or Cmd+C (Mac)
  • Paste: Ctrl+V (Windows) or Cmd+V (Mac)

Context Menu

  • Access: Right-click on any clip
  • Actions: Duplicate, Split, Rename, Delete
  • Split: Divides clip at playhead position

2D / 3D mode

Clips can operate in 2D mode (default) or 3D mode, which changes how they're positioned and controlled in the viewport. All newly added clips start in 2D. Learn more in the 2D & 3D Mode guide.