Understand the ReadyForm editor

The player shows the edit as it will render: cuts, captions, B-roll, zooms and sound. A status line tells you whether it's current: "Preview up to date", "Updating preview…" or "Preview outdated" after edits.

The transcript is the heart of the editor, under the heading The story: "Edit the words. The rest happens automatically." Every spoken word is there; click a word to play from it, double-click to edit it, drag to reorder. Struck-through words are cut; click one to restore it.

The edit is divided into scenes. Each scene shows its duration, its Selected take with the source filename, how many Alternatives exist, its internal cuts, and the Transition to next scene. Edit clip opens a trimmer for the exact start and end.

The Timeline shows scenes, B-roll, text and sound as tracks. The app's own hint covers the essentials: click clip = select, drag edges = trim, S = split, Del = delete.

Caption style opens the style browser for the whole video; Customize adjusts position, size, animation, effects, spacing and more. Corrections to the words themselves happen in the story.

Undo and Redo sit in the top controls and work across your edits. The save state is always visible: Unsaved changes, Saving…, Saved. Press Ctrl+/ (or open the legend) for all keyboard shortcuts.