CANVA VIDEO EDITOR Tutorial 2025 | How to Edit your Videos with Canva (Complete 2025 Tutorial)

About this video

This is a step-by-step tutorial on the free Canva Video Editor for long-form YouTube videos and short-form Reels or TikToks. Hayes starts a landscape video project (1920 x 1080 pixels; mobile video is 1080 x 1920), uploads footage via the Uploads tab, and enlarges it to fill the frame. Core editing: trim the start or end by dragging the timeline edges, and split a clip in the middle — right-click and choose Split Page, or press S — then delete the unwanted middle section to remove mistakes and pauses. She shows extracting audio to a separate track so silent gaps are visible as flat sections of the audio line and can be cut. B-roll: split the primary clip and overlay a secondary video or image from your uploads or Canva’s Elements library (searching e.g. ’typing on computer’), resizing it to fill the frame while the original audio continues underneath. Transitions can be added between clips (dissolve, slide, circle wipe, match and move, flow), or a subtler zoom effect can be faked by cropping the next clip in slightly, keeping the eyes in a similar position. On-screen text is added from the Text panel or font combinations, recoloured to brand colours, trimmed to appear for only a few seconds, and animated (typewriter, ascend, shift, burst; some animation controls are Pro). Music and sound effects come from Canva’s Elements audio or from a third-party source — she says she uses Epidemic Sound for royalty-free tracks — and can be trimmed, repositioned, faded, beat-synced, and volume-adjusted so background music sits under speech; she stresses checking Canva’s free versus Pro licences and your rights to any track. The Edit menu offers adjustments (white balance, tint, brightness, contrast), filters, playback speed, loop and autoplay, and Pro Magic Studio features including background remover, automatic Highlights generation, and Enhance Voice. Export is via Share > Download as MP4, with Pro giving a quality slider from 720p up to 4K and the option to download selected pages/clips only. She offers a free 30-day Canva Pro trial and promotes her free 45-minute Digital Product Powerhouse masterclass.

Key takeaways

• Trim by dragging timeline edges and split clips with right-click > Split Page or the S key to delete mistakes and pauses in the middle
• Extract audio to its own track to visually spot silent pauses and cut them out
• Overlay B-roll video or images from uploads or the Elements library over your talking footage while your voice continues
• Add and animate on-screen text, and add music you have rights to use, lowering its volume under speech; check Canva’s free vs Pro licences
• Export via Share > Download as MP4; Pro adds a quality slider up to 4K, background remover, Highlights, and Enhance Voice

Episode details: published March 18, 2025 · 20:04 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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