# The quick edit rail

Down the side of each clip is a row of quick controls. Here is what each one changes, when to reach for it, and how it works on a phone.

Your clips come ready to post, so you do not have to edit them at all. But when
you want to tweak one, everything is in the row of controls down the side of the
clip. This is the quick edit rail. Tap a control and the preview updates right
away.

![A clip with the quick edit rail of controls down its left side.](/help/quick-edit-rail/01-rail.png)

A control glows green when it is on. And you only see a control when it can
actually do something, so if a clip has no title, the Title control is not there,
and the framing control hides on clips that are already wide.

## What each control does

The controls fall into three simple jobs: the words on screen, the way it looks,
and how much it moves.

### The words on screen

- **Pick a style**: the quickest way to change everything at once. Tap it and
  choose a look from the little grid. It restyles the captions and text together,
  so the whole clip matches. Start here if you just want a different vibe without
  fiddling with each piece.
- **Captions**: turn the words on the screen on or off, and pick a look. Reach
  for this if the captions feel too big, too plain, or you want them gone. See
  [Change your caption style](/help/add-captions-to-a-clip).
- **Hook**: the big line of text at the top that grabs people in the first
  second. Turn it off if it is covering something, or on if the clip needs a
  stronger opening.
- **Title**: show or hide the clip's title. Turn it off when the hook already
  says enough.
- **Description**: show or hide the smaller line of text. If the screen feels
  crowded, this is usually the first thing to turn off.
- **Safe zones**: turns on a guide that shows where each app puts its own
  buttons, like the like and share icons. Use it to check none of your text is
  hiding behind them before you post.

### The way it looks

- **Background**: fills the space around the video when it does not cover the
  whole tall frame. Tap to switch between a soft blurred version of the video and
  plain black. Use black for a clean look, blur when black feels too stark.
- **Crop**: decides which part of the video fills the tall frame. Leave it on
  Auto and it follows the person as they move. Switch to a fixed frame if Auto
  ever lands on the wrong spot.

### How much it moves

- **Motion**: how lively the clip feels. Tap through from holding on one steady
  shot to cutting between framings as people talk. More movement keeps a fast
  clip punchy, less movement suits a calm talking clip.
- **Speed**: play the clip a little faster. Handy when someone talks slowly or a
  moment drags. Tap to step up, tap again to keep going.

Every tap shows up in the preview straight away, so try a few and keep whatever
looks best. Nothing is saved to the final clip until you tap Get Clip.

## On a phone

On a small screen the rail cannot fit every control at once, so it shows them in
two sets. The text controls sit in one set, and the look, framing, and speed
controls sit in the other. Tap the **Swap** button at the bottom of the rail (the
up-and-down arrows) to flip between them. On a computer you see all of them at
once, so there is no Swap button.

## Quick check before you Get Clip

Once it looks the way you want, give it a quick once-over:

- [ ] Watch the whole clip in the preview.
- [ ] The subject stays in frame.
- [ ] Your text sits clear of the app's own buttons. Turn on Safe zones to check.

## Go deeper on a control

- [Change your caption style](/help/add-captions-to-a-clip)
- [Show, hide, and edit the Hook, Title, and Description](/help/hook-title-and-description)
- [Change the background](/help/change-the-background)
- [Fix a clip's framing](/help/fix-the-framing)
- [Reframe cut by cut](/help/reframe-cut-by-cut)
- [Change the clip speed](/help/change-the-clip-speed)
- [Trim a clip](/help/trim-a-clip)
- [Keep text inside the safe zones](/help/safe-zones)

## What's next

- [A tour of your project page](/help/project-page-tour)
- [Make your first clips](/help/make-your-first-clips)