The NEW Canva Video Editor is HERE! 💻 (Complete Canva Video 2.0 Tutorial)

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A team member from Kate Hayes’s team gives a beginner walkthrough of the new Canva Video 2.0 editor. Starting from Canva’s homepage via the video button or a custom size (she uses the Instagram Reel size), the editor has replaced page-based editing with a multi-track timeline: a main track for videos, photos and background clips that play back-to-back, an upper track for layering text, graphics and other media on top, and an audio track for music, sound effects and voiceovers. She adds stock brand-shoot clips by clicking, layers media by click-hold-dragging to the upper track, and adds animated text (a typewriter effect) and a logo from the Brand Kit (noted as a Canva Pro feature). Direct clip editing is shown: trimming by dragging clip edges to the playhead instead of a separate trim tool, splitting at the playhead with the S key or the split button, dragging clips to rearrange them, and zoom controls that toggle between zooming the canvas and zooming timeline thumbnails. She adds library music and a whoosh sound effect, explains adding transitions by hovering between clips, notes duration mode was removed from video projects (element timing remains for non-video projects like presentations), and exports via Share > Download as an MP4 — up to 4K on Pro, 1080p on the free plan. She also shows how to toggle back to the previous editor in account settings, and demos Magic Video on mobile, which builds a reel from up to 20 clips using styles (e.g. motivational) and types (e.g. montage) plus a text prompt.

Key takeaways

• Canva Video 2.0 uses a multi-track timeline: main track for primary clips, an upper track for layered text/graphics/media, and a separate audio track for music, sound effects and voiceovers.
• Trim directly in the timeline by dragging a clip’s edge to the playhead, split a clip at the playhead with the S key or split button, and drag clips and overlays freely to rearrange them.
• Layer media by click-hold-dragging it to the upper track rather than clicking it, which would add it to the main track as a new clip.
• Export via Share > Download as MP4: up to 4K quality with Canva Pro and 1080p on the free plan; the old editor can be restored via the video editing toggle in account settings.
• Magic Video (mobile only at filming) auto-builds a reel from up to 20 selected clips by choosing a style, a type such as montage, and entering a prompt, then lets you revise it in the regular editor.

Episode details: published December 9, 2025 · 12:58 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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