Adjust and refine cuts

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Remove any part of your recording from the transcript or directly on the timeline, and keep your edit focused by hiding cuts until you need to adjust them.

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Step by step

  • Steps on a computer

    From 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. In the transcript, click and drag across the words you want to remove.
    4. In the toolbar that appears above your selection, click thedelete-remove_trash.svg delete icon, or press Backspace on your keyboard.
      The selected text shows a strikethrough, and the section is removed from the timeline so only the content you're keeping is shown.

    From the timeline

    1. On the timeline, click and drag across the section you want to remove.
      Riverside highlights the matching text in the transcript. 
    2. Press Backspace on your keyboard.
      The section is removed from the timeline, and the matching text in the transcript shows a strikethrough.

  • Steps on a phone

    1. Open a recording from the Riverside mobile app.
    2. Tap Edit at the bottom of the screen.
    3. Tap scissors-cut-01.svg Cut icon at the bottom of the screen.
    4. Tap the word(s) you want to cut.
      Drag to select multiple words.
    5. Tap Delete at the bottom of the screen. 
    6. Tap Save in the top right corner to apply your changes.
    7. To restore a section you removed, tap  scissors-cut-01.svg Cut icon, tap the word and tap Restore at the bottom of the screen.

Refine cuts 

  1. Log in to your Riverside account on a desktop device. 
  2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing. 
  3. On the timeline, hover over a cut. 
  4. Click Refine cut.
  5. Click and drag the trimming handles of a section to adjust its in- and out-points.
  6. Click Done.

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