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 is available on paid plans for Instagram Auto Publish posts (not notification posts) and Pinterest posts only
• Filters and text-on-image are not available for videos
• Video editing is only available on the web (not available in the Later mobile app)

Crop a Video

1. In Later on the web, create or open a video post
2. Click Edit Video
   
   
3. Choose your crop. Use a preset, or drag the dots on the edge of the crop to choose your own.
4. Click Update video

Trim a Video

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

Select a Thumbnail (Instagram and Pinterest)

1. In Later on the web, create or open an Instagram or Pinterest video post
2. In the Post Builder click Select Cover
   
   Note: Thumbnail selection is only available for Instagram videos set to Auto Publish, not notification publishing. See How to Enable Auto Publishing for Instagram if needed
3. Choose your thumbnail
4. Click 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. 

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