Edit Video When Scheduling Posts

Want to trim your video down? Need to crop your video for a specific social platform? This can be done directly in Later when scheduling your post. Here we’ll show you how. 

Important: 

• Editing a video for a post will not affect the original video in your Media Library
• Videos can’t be edited within the Media Library, only when being scheduled
• Thumbnail selection and custom covers are available on paid plans for auto published posts (not notification posts) only
• Filters and text-on-image aren’t available for videos
• Video editing for Facebook and Pinterest is only available on Later for desktop (not on mobile)
• Video editing for Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok is available on Later for desktop and Later’s iOS app
• Thumbnail selection and custom covers aren’t available for YouTube, Threads, or Snapchat

Crop a Video

1. In Later for desktop, create or open a video post
2. Select Edit Video
   
   
3. Choose your crop by using a preset or dragging the dots on the edge of the crop to choose your own:
   
4. Select Update video

Trim a Video

1. In Later for desktop, create or open a video post
2. Select Edit Video
   
3. Select Trim
4. Select and drag the start and stop playheads to trim the video
   
5. Select the (play) button to review your video
6. Select Update video
   

Select a Cover

You can only add a custom cover for auto published Instagram Reels and LinkedIn video posts. For Facebook, Pinterest, and TikTok video posts, you can select a thumbnail from the video as the cover.

1. In Later for desktop, create or open an Instagram or Pinterest video post
2. In the Post Builder, select Select Cover
   
   Note: For Instagram, thumbnails can be up to 10 MB and selection is only available for videos set to Auto Publish, not notification publishing.
3. Upload a custom image (for Instagram and LinkedIn only) or choose your thumbnail
4. Select Update Cover
   
   Note: If your video isn't 30 or 60fps, the thumbnail cover you select may not match when published. Use a 30 or 60fps video to ensure your selected thumbnail cover is accurate when published.