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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 Twitter, YouTube, Threads, or Snapchat
Crop a Video
- In Later for desktop, create or open a video post
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Select Edit Video
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Choose your crop by using a preset or dragging the dots on the edge of the crop to choose your own:
- Select Update video
Trim a Video
- In Later for desktop, create or open a video post
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Select Edit Video
- Select Trim
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Select and drag the start and stop playheads to trim the video
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Select the
(play) button to review your video
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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.
- In Later for desktop, create or open an Instagram or Pinterest video post
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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. - Upload a custom image (for Instagram and LinkedIn only) or choose your thumbnail
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Select Update CoverNote: 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.