Edit Menu

This topic describes each item in the Edit menu, as described in Table 35 through Table 40.

Note: Most of these commands are also on the gear menu, directly on the clip.

Table 35. Edit Menu Items

Menu Item	Description
Undo (Command-Z)	Reverses your last change. ScreenFlow permits an unlimited number of undo/redo actions (limited only by memory constraints). However, undo information is stored on a per-window basis. If you close a window and then reopen it, its undo list is lost.
Redo (Shift-Command-Z)	Reverses your last Undo action.
Cut (Command-X)	Removes the selected object or objects, and place them on the clipboard.
Copy (Command-C)	Copies the selected object or objects onto the clipboard. Note: Clips in the media library cannot be copied, but they can be added to the timeline multiple times.
Paste (Command-V)	Adds objects on the clipboard to your document. Copied text is added to the text box at the cursor position. Inserted text adopts the text formatting of the character immediately preceding the insertion point. If the scrubber is at the start of the timeline or anywhere on a clip, the clip is added one layer up, at the scrubber position. If the scrubber is at the end of a clip, the pasted clip is added on the same layer.
Paste Properties	Updates the properties of the selected clip on the timeline with the properties of the clip on the clipboard. Paste Properties has these sub menu items:
Video (Option-Command-I)	Pastes video properties into a video clip.
Audio (Option-Command-A)	Pastes audio properties into an audio clip.
Screen Recording (Option-Command-S)	Pastes the screen recording properties into a clip.
Callout (Option-Command-C)	Pastes callout properties into a callout action.
Video Filters (Option-Command-V)	Pastes video filter properties into a clip.
Callout (Option-Command-U)	Pastes audio filter properties into a clip.

Note: You can paste properties to multiple clips simultaneously; however, If you copy multiple clips with different properties and paste adjustments to another clip, which properties will be pasted is not predictable.

Table 36. Edit Menu Items (continued)

Menu Item	Description
Paste and Match Style (Option-Shift-Command-V)	Adds text on the clipboard to your text box. Inserted text adopts the text formatting of the character immediately preceding the insertion point.
Delete (Delete)	Permanently removes the selected items. If you have marked in and out points, the segment between the in and out point is deleted for all clips, as shown in Figure 85 and Figure 86.

Figure 85. Mark In and out points on your timeline

Select Delete to remove all assets from the timeline between the in and out points:

Figure 86. Delete the assets between the in and out points

Note: To shift clips left to fill the hole created by the deletion, use Ripple Delete (Command-backspace), the scrubber handle, or right-click (Control-click) in the empty space and select Close Gap.

Table 37. Edit Menu Items (continued)

Menu Item	Description
Ripple Delete (Command-Backspace or Delete)	Delete the elements (or portions of elements) between the in and out points on all tracks of the timeline and shift all clips left to close the gap on the timeline.
Select All (Command-A)	Highlights all clips on the timeline.
Deselect All (Shift-Command-A)	Deselects all clips on the timeline. This can also be done by clicking in an empty area of the canvas or timeline.
Split Clip (Command-T | Command-Shift-T | T)	Converts each selected clip into two separate clips, splitting them at the current scrubber point, so that you can adjust the parts of the clip independently, as shown in Figure 87 and Figure 88.

Figure 87. Timeline before splitting a clip

Figure 88. Timeline after splitting a clip

When splitting a clip, the previous clip name is retained on both clips. By default, each segment of a clip uses the name of the original media located in the Media Library.

These segments can be renamed for convenience and clarity.

Table 38. Edit Menu Items (continued)

Menu Item	Description
Replace Media	Navigate to and select new media. All settings from old media are maintained.
Detach Audio	Removes the audio stream from the selected clip (visible as a green waveform through the center of the clip unless View > Show Audio Waveforms is unchecked), and creates a new audio clip at the same point on the timeline, as shown in Figure 89 and Figure 90.

Figure 89. Timeline Prior to Performing the Detach Audio Command

ScreenFlow adds the audio to a new audio clip on the timeline:

Figure 90. Timeline After Detaching Audio from a Clip

After detaching audio from a clip, the new audio clip—containing the audio from the selected video clip—is added to the timeline. The original clip is now video only.

Table 39. Edit Menu Items (continued)

Menu Item	Description
Extract Audio	Select individual audio channel to extract. The extracted audio channel is placed into a new track.
Add Freeze Frame (Shift-Command-F)	Inserts a freeze frame in the middle of a selected clip. First, the clip is split at the scrubber, then a two second freeze frame is inserted between the clips. The duration of the freeze frame can be set by dragging the edge of the clip, much like any other still image clip. The second half of the clip is moved to the right to adjust for the added clip, as shown in Figure 91 and Figure 92. Note: Go to ScreenFlow > Preferences > Timeline to change the default duration of freeze frames.

Figure 91. Timeline Prior to Performing the Add Freeze Frame Command

ScreenFlow adds two new clips to the timeline:

Figure 92. Timeline After Detaching Audio From a Clip

This is useful for pausing your video while demonstrating or narrating.

Table 40. Edit Menu Items (continued)

Menu Item	Description
Trim Front to Scrubber (W)	Trims the front of the selected clips from the start of the clip up to the scrubber position. Alternatively, you can adjust the left side of the clip by clicking the mouse just near the left edge of the clip (the mouse pointer changes to the drag cursor [left] to indicate that you can resize the clip). Click and drag the edge of the clip to the right to trim the amount you want off of the front of the clip. This method is functionally equivalent to using the Trim Front to Scrubber command.
Trim End to Scrubber (E)	Trims the back of the selected clips from the end of the clip up to the scrubber mark. Alternatively, you can adjust the right side of the clip by clicking the mouse just near the right edge of the clip (the mouse pointer changes to the drag cursor [left] to indicate that you can resize the clip). Click and drag the edge of the clip to the left to trim the amount you want off of the back of the clip. This method is functionally equivalent to using the Trim End to Scrubber command.
Lock Clip | Unlock Clip (Option-Command-L)	Locks selected clips to their positions on the timeline and cannot be moved. When clips are locked, you cannot move other clips onto them to make transitions. Select again to unlock selected clips you have previously locked.
Nest Clips (Option-Command-N)	Nests selected clips into a group for treating the group as a whole when operating on them. See Using Nested Clips for details.
Unnest Clips	Unnests a previously nested clip.
Group (Command-G)	Ties selected clips together on the timeline, so that moving one clip moves all grouped clips. Ideal for synchronizing voice-overs, music beds, etc., to a camera clip so that their timing remains synchronized as you move them around in your project.
Ungroup (Command-U)	Returns selected clips to be independent of other clips.
Add Starting Transition | Remove Starting Transition (Option-Command-,)	Adds a transition to the beginning of the selected clip(s). Apply again to remove the transition.
Add Ending Transition | Remove Ending Transition (Option-Command-.)	Adds a transition to the ending of the selected clip(s). Apply again to remove the transition.
Add Starting & Ending Transitions | Remove Starting & Ending Transitions (Option-Command-.)	Adds transitions to the beginning and ending of the selected clip(s). Apply again to remove the transitions.
Label	Enables you to add and remove colored labels.
Captions
Set Current Language	Specifies the language you want to display captions in.
Import from SRT	Imports the closed caption text from a file
Export to SRT	Exports the closed caption text in this project to a file.
Clear All Captions	Removes caption text from all caption clips in this project.
Start Dictation (Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion only)	Displays the Mac OS dictation system, so that you can add text to a text box clip using your voice (Using Audio and Video Filters).
Emoji & Symbols	Displays the Characters window so that you can enter special characters in text fields.