Add a chapter

« To Editor AI chapters: Overview

Add your own chapters to a recording to quickly navigate, group, and rearrange your content in the Editor.

Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser

Add a new chapter

Add a new chapter from the transcript or timeline to mark key moments in your edit.

Add a chapter using the timeline
1. Log in to your Riverside account.
2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
3. Click the playhead and move it to where the new chapter should start.
4. Above the timeline, click the chapter icon.
  Or, click the + Add chapter button.
Add a chapter using the transcript
1. Log in to your Riverside account.
2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
3. Click and highlight a section of text.
4. On the context menu, clickAdd.
5. Click New chapter.
  A new chapter is created that includes the highlighted text.

Remove a chapter

Delete a chapter directly from the transcript or timeline and keep its content in your edit.

Remove a chapter using the timeline
1. Log in to your Riverside account.
2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
3. Hover your cursor over a chapter tab in the timeline.
4. Click ••• [the three dots].
5. Click Remove chapter.
  The earlier chapter expands to include the content of the removed chapter.
Remove a chapter using the transcript
1. Log in to your Riverside account.
2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
3. Hover your cursor over a chapter heading in the transcript.
4. Click ••• [the three dots].
5. Click Remove chapter.
  The earlier chapter expands to include the content of the removed chapter.

Good to know

Recordings made after November 22, 2023, include AI-generated chapters automatically. For recordings made earlier than this date, you can add chapters manually.
If you delete parts of the recording, click Revert to restore them along with their original chapters. Dragging the deleted clips back to the timeline will not restore the chapters automatically.

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