New updates to Microsoft Clipchamp to make video editing simpler

Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! I’m Anastasia Passaris, a Senior Product Marketing Manager on the Clipchamp team. Microsoft Clipchamp’s diverse range of content and tools, as well as its user-friendly interface, make it the ideal platform for anyone to create personal and professional videos. Today, I’m thrilled to share some exciting updates – including dark and light mode, improved asset grouping, and timestamps in the timeline – that will make your video editing experience in Clipchamp even simpler, and more seamless and enjoyable.

Dark and light mode​

The ability to switch between dark and light mode was a highly requested feature by users, and now it’s possible! Dark and light mode ensures a comfortable editing environment and suits different preferences, whether you are working during the day or night. The Clipchamp interface will automatically shift to dark or light mode based on your device settings. It can also be manually changed by selecting Settings > General.

Improved asset grouping​

The new and improved grouping functionality allows you to select multiple elements, such as music, text, and visuals, and group or collapse them into one track item. Previously, grouping would link selected track items and keep them displayed as they were. This new functionality simplifies the timeline layout, allowing you to create sections or chapters in your video, shift them around the timeline with ease, and keep everything in the group in place. The group’s thumbnail shows the type and number of items each group contains, and the visual items in the group can still be edited or deleted from the stage, providing both flexibility and organization in your editing process. To use this capability, select the items you’d like to group, then right click and select Group.

A cleaner video editor​

We’ve redesigned the editing interface to make it simplistic and beginner-friendly so you can focus more on creativity and less on navigating actions. Some notable changes to the editor include how you:

• Collapse the sidebar and timeline
• Zoom in and out in the timeline
• Use full screen mode playback
• Undo and redo actions
• Change the aspect ratio of a video
• Add AI captions to video
  
  
  

Precise editing in the timeline with timestamps​

Making accurate timeline edits is now even easier with the addition of timestamps. Hovering on the timeline with your cursor will show the timestamp of where you are in the video, while trimming items from the left handle will automatically display the item’s start time and trimming from the right handle will display the clip duration.

Availability​

These features are rolling out to users using a Clipchamp Personal account from February 2025, and will be available to users with a Work account from March 2025.

Feedback​

The Clipchamp team cannot wait for you to try all these new features and see how they can enhance your video editing experience! Personal users can submit feedback here, and work users can let us know what they think by using the Submit feedback button in the editor.

More information​

For more information on the difference between Clipchamp for Work and Personal accounts, please visit our support page.