TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

4 min

Edit videos and censor profanity with text-based editing

Learn how to use the Text panel to create and refine your rough cut and censor unsavory language.

Note: Stock assets provided are for practice purposes only.See terms .

What you’ll learn

Import and transcribe your clips automatically

Enable automatic transcription to create an editable text transcription of the dialogue in your clips.

Edit your video by editing the text

Use the Text-Based Editing workspace to assemble and refine your sequence. Remove pauses and trim or reorder sentences from the transcript and your cuts instantly update in the timeline.

Build your custom censor list

Add the words you want to censor, or import and existing list. Save your list for use in future edits.

Automatically apply a bleep effect

Choose from standard effects like bleep or silence, or add your own custom sound to censor all flagged words at once.


Instruction by

Sarah John

November 25, 2025

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