In Pixelmator Pro, video layers work just like regular image layers. This lets you easily edit videos and create stunning video designs with all the same tools you use to edit images. You can mask or crop videos, add effects, change colors, and more. Videos can be inserted into designs from the Photos library or Finder and you can edit them on their own, or create multi-layered compositions with multiple videos, images, shapes, or text.
Video layers have easy-to-use, on-canvas video controls you can use to quickly play or pause videos, select poster frames, mute or unmute audio, or access more advanced video controls.
You can open videos in popular image formats including MP4 and QuickTime Movie, or export videos by customizing settings like compression type (QuickTime Movie format only) frame rate, or size.
When you open a video as a new document or insert it as a layer, you can play, pause, mute the video, or loop its playback using handy on-canvas controls at the bottom of your screen.
Note: You can also press the
key to start or stop playing all videos in a document.To only play the video layers which are selected in the Layers sidebar, force click the Play button and choose Play Selected or press
+ on your keyboard.To show or hide the on-canvas video controls:
To trim, scrub, or set a poster frame of a video, click More on the on-canvas controls to open more editing settings.
To trim a video, do any of the following:
You can press Command on your keyboard while dragging the trimming handle to change the video start or end frame while maintaining the original length of the trimmed video.
To scrub the video, simply drag the pointer over the trimming bar, and to set a poster frame — double-click the trimming bar.
Keep the video controls visible at all times in documents containing video layers, or display them automatically only when a video layer is selected.
To show or hide video controls:
In documents featuring two or more video layers, additional video editing options become available, letting you combine videos together. For example, if you'd like one video to start playing after the other, you can delay the start of its playback.
To delay the start of a video:
Tip: To play one video right after the other, set the delay time to the exact duration of the video you'd like to play first.
In documents featuring two or more video layers, you can delay video playback to start playing videos one after the other. Once you do that, you can also change the start and end behavior of the videos using advanced video editing options.
To change video start or end behavior: