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SoftReckon MONAVEDIT is a browser-based video editor: import clips, arrange them on a timeline, add text, then export a finished video — all processed on your own device.

1. Importing media

Tap + Media in the edit toolbar to open the Media panel, then + Import from device to choose video or audio files. There's also a + Import media button right on the timeline, next to + Audio track, for quick access without opening the panel first — either way, the Media panel opens automatically once your files land so you can see them right away. Imported files appear in the media list — tap one to add it to the end of the timeline, or drag it onto a track on larger screens.

2. Working with the timeline

• Trim a clip by dragging either of its edges.
• Move a clip by dragging it to another position or track.
• Select multiple clips by dragging across empty timeline space (a marquee box) — or Shift/Ctrl-click clips one at a time to add or remove them from the selection.
• Split the selected clip at the playhead with the ✂ Split button, or the S key.
• Razor mode (🔪 button or C) lets you tap anywhere on a clip to cut it at that point; press V or Esc to turn it off.
• Merge two adjacent selected clips with the ⛓ button or the M key.
• Delete the selected clip(s) with the 🗑 button or the Delete / Backspace key — this leaves a gap.
• Ripple Delete — right-click a clip (or long-press it on touch) for a context menu with Ripple Delete, which removes it *and* closes the gap by shifting everything after it (on the same track) earlier. Works on a whole multi-selection too, and ripples each affected track independently.
• Add more rows with + Video track or + Audio track below the timeline.
• Use the − / + zoom buttons, or drag the zoom bar and its handles, to zoom and pan the timeline.

3. Sequence settings

Your project's sequence sits pinned at the top of the Media panel, alongside your imported footage. Tap it to open its settings in the ☰ Edit panel:

• Video — frame size (horizontal/vertical), Pixel Aspect Ratio, and frame rate.
• Audio — channel format (Mono/Stereo/5.1), number of channels, and sample rate.

Changes here apply immediately to the live preview (including a non-square Pixel Aspect Ratio, which stretches the preview to show how it'll actually look) and to whatever you export next.

4. Safe margins and ruler guides

Two buttons next to the preview's speaker icon add framing aids on top of the video — they're purely visual and never affect what you actually export.

• ⛶ Safe margins — toggles the standard broadcast overlay: an outer action-safe box (90% of the frame) and an inner title-safe box (80%), so you can keep key action and text away from the edges.
• 📐 Guides — toggles pixel rulers along the top and left of the preview. Drag down from the top ruler for a horizontal guide line, or right from the left ruler for a vertical one. Drag an existing guide to reposition it, drag it back off the video to remove it, or double-click it to delete it instantly.

5. Linked audio & video

Every video clip you add to the timeline automatically gets a matching audio clip on an audio track, time-synced with it — the same way Premiere Pro shows a clip's audio as its own linked piece underneath the video.

• While linked (🔗), moving, trimming, or splitting either the video or audio half carries the other along with it, and deleting one removes both.
• Select either clip and tap the 🔗 Link button (or press L) to unlink them — the icon on the clip changes to 🔓, and from then on you can move, trim, or delete the audio and video independently, e.g. to offset the sound or replace just the picture.
• Tap Link again to re-link them; the audio snaps back to match the video's current position and trim.
• The Link button is disabled when the selected clip has no matching pair (plain imported audio, text clips, or a video whose pair was deleted).

6. Editing text directly in the preview

Select a text clip on the timeline and its box appears in the preview with a dashed outline and a ring of handles, like Free Transform in Photoshop:

• Double-click the text in the preview to start typing — a text cursor appears right in the box; edit the wording, then click anywhere else (or press Esc to cancel without saving) to finish.
• Drag inside the box to move the text around the frame.
• Drag a corner handle to scale the text; if "Uniform Scale" is on (the default) it scales proportionally, otherwise width and height scale independently.
• Drag a side handle (top/bottom/left/right) to stretch just that dimension — this automatically switches the clip to independent (non-uniform) scaling.
• Drag the round handle above the box to rotate the text; hold Shift while rotating to snap to 15° steps.

All of this stays in sync with the Position, Scale, and Rotation fields in the ☰ Edit panel — dragging on the preview updates them live, and vice versa.

7. Adding text

Tap the T button to add a text layer — it drops onto the timeline already selected, so you can immediately double-click it in the preview to type, or use the ☰ Edit panel for font, color, and timing.

8. Clip properties

Select a clip and tap ☰ Edit to open its properties: mute audio, adjust transitions and filters, and:

• Video/image clips — Scale and Rotation, pivoting on the frame's center.
• Text clips — full Position/Scale/Rotation (with a uniform-scale toggle), the same values the on-canvas free-transform handles control.

9. Preview and playback

Use the transport bar under the preview to play/pause, step frame-by-frame, or jump to the start/end. The current position and total duration are shown next to the transport controls. Tap the speaker icon to mute the preview.

10. Exporting your video

Tap Export once the status pill shows the engine is ready — this opens Export Settings, with fields grouped the way Premiere Pro's export dialog does:

• Preset — quick sizes for YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels/Story, Instagram Feed (square or portrait), TikTok, Twitter/X, and Facebook, or "Match Sequence Settings." Manually changing Width/Height afterward switches the preset to "Custom."
• File Name and Location — on browsers that support it (Chrome/Edge desktop), Choose location… opens a native save dialog so the file writes directly where you pick; otherwise it downloads to your browser's default folder.
• Format — MP4 (H.264/AAC) or WebM (VP9/Opus).
• Video — resolution, frame rate, a Quality preset (Low/Medium/High/Maximum), and an optional target bitrate that overrides Quality when set.
• Audio — bitrate, sample rate, and channels (mono/stereo), independent of the sequence's own monitoring settings.

A summary line updates live as you adjust settings. Tapping Export starts rendering — a progress dialog shows status, and a Download link appears when it finishes (in addition to auto-saving, if you picked a location). If your chosen output size doesn't match the sequence's aspect ratio, the video is letterboxed to fit rather than stretched.

11. Keyboard shortcuts

12. Tips

• Rename your project by tapping the project name field at the top of the screen.
• Your project lives in this browser tab only — export your video before closing the tab, since work in progress is not saved automatically.
• On larger screens, the Media and Edit panels dock to the sides so the timeline stays visible while you work.