Edit with your fingers and export a finished video, all on your phone. On a computer? See the desktop manual.
On Android, Nova Clip comes as an app. Until the app is on Google Play, you use the same editor in Chrome. Either way, your videos stay on your phone and are never uploaded.
Nova Clip for Android Coming soon to Google Play
The app has the same editor that is described in this manual. When it's released, search for Nova Clip on Google Play and tap Install. It will update through the Play Store like any other app.
novaclip.tech/editor.html.Your projects and exported videos stay on your phone. When the app arrives, you can keep using them in the app.
Hold your phone upright. The screen has four parts:
So that a new user is not faced with every tool at once, the phone editor starts in Beginner mode. Tap the Beginner button at the left of the toolbar to switch to Pro. Tap it again to go back. Nova Clip remembers your choice.
| Mode | What you see |
|---|---|
| Beginner | The main tools only. The ⋯ More menu and the Lumetri color tab are hidden. |
| Pro | Everything. ⋯ More appears in the toolbar, with Set in-point, Set out-point, Ripple delete, Add marker, Detect beats, Save project and Load project. The Edit tab gets a Lumetri tab for color grading. |
Add clips in the order you want them to play. You can rearrange them later (see Touch gestures).
On the timeline, a quick swipe moves the view, and press-and-hold moves a clip. That way you never move a clip by accident while scrolling.
| Do this | Where | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Tap | A clip | Selects it. Its settings appear in the Edit tab. |
| Double-tap | A clip's name | Renames it. |
| Swipe | The timeline | Scrolls left and right, or up and down. |
| Hold, then drag | A clip | Picks the clip up (the phone gives a short buzz) and moves it to a new time or another track. |
| Hold, then let go | A clip | Opens the clip menu: label color, add to selection, rename, link, slip to start, reverse, freeze frame, copy or paste the color grade, lock, delete. |
| Drag an edge | The left or right edge of a clip | Trims the start or end. |
| Touch or drag | The time ruler above the tracks | Moves the playhead to that moment. |
| Drag | The seek bar under the preview | Scrubs through the video. |
| Pinch with two fingers | The timeline | Spread your fingers to zoom in for fine edits, or pinch them together to see the whole project. |
Zoom in with two fingers so the clip is wide. Then drag its left or right edge inward.
Split on both sides of the part you don't want, tap it, then tap Delete in the toolbar. You can also hold the clip and choose Delete from the menu. In Pro mode, turn on Ripple delete (under ⋯ More in the toolbar) to close the gap automatically.
Tap a clip, then open the Edit tab. Scroll down to see all the settings for that clip:
To change a slider, drag it with your finger.
Tap Text in the toolbar. Type your words, then choose the size, color, Position (top, center or bottom), when it appears (Start and End, in seconds) and an animation. Tap Add. Ready-made styles such as Lower Third, Big Title and Subtitle are in the Edit tab under Text Overlays.
Tap Sticker in the toolbar, choose one, and set its size, Position and timing.
In the Edit tab, find Background Music and choose a song file from your phone. Set its volume so it doesn't cover speech, and add a fade in and fade out. You can also search free music and sound effects in the Media tab, under Media Browser.
Nova Clip has tools that do the slow work for you. They all run on your phone, and nothing is uploaded. The first time, some of them download a small model that is kept on your phone, so use Wi-Fi.
| Tool | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Auto Caption | Edit tab, Text Overlays | Listens to your video and writes the captions. Then Caption styles lets you choose the look. The first time it downloads about 55 MB. |
| Remove Silence | Edit tab, Clip Info | Cuts out the quiet gaps. |
| Split at Scenes | Edit tab, Clip Info | Splits a video clip where the picture cuts to a new scene. |
| Remove Filler Words | Edit tab, Clip Info | Cuts out um, uh and hmm (English). |
| Background Removal | Edit tab, Clip Info | Takes away the background behind a person. No green screen needed. |
| Auto-Reframe | Edit tab, Clip Info | Follows the face to crop a wide video to a tall one. |
| Chroma Key | Edit tab, Clip Info | Removes a green screen, so you can put another picture behind a person. |
| Speed, Reverse, Freeze Frame | Edit tab, Clip Info | Slow motion, time-lapse, backwards, or one held picture. |
| REC | Row under the preview | Records your voice. Tap it again to stop. It lands on the timeline at the playhead. |
| AI VO | Row under the preview | Turns text into a spoken voice. |
| Video templates | Media tab | About 500 ready-made animated videos. Tap 🎬 Video templates (500+). |
Each of these works the same as on a computer. See the matching parts of the desktop manual for every setting: Auto captions, Silence, scenes and filler words, Chroma key, Background removal, Auto-Reframe, Speed, Voice recording and AI voiceover and Video templates.
Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and WhatsApp Status use a tall 9:16 video. Set this before you export:
Nova Clip saves your edits on the phone every 30 seconds. If Chrome closes or the phone restarts, open Nova Clip again. A banner will offer to restore your last project.
Your video files are not stored inside the project. After restoring, import the same videos again from your gallery, and your edits reconnect to them.
To keep a project for later, or to move it to another device, switch to Pro mode, tap ⋯ More and then Save project. It downloads a small .nova.json file. Open it again with ⋯ More and Load project.
To post it, open WhatsApp, Instagram or YouTube, choose to upload a video, and pick it from Downloads.
Once you have opened the editor with internet, Chrome keeps a copy, so it also opens without internet: on a flight, in the metro, anywhere. Importing, editing and exporting all work offline. Signing in needs internet, so sign in once while you're online.
Updates arrive on their own. Whenever your phone is online, Nova Clip fetches the newest version in the background and uses it the next time you open it.
novaclip.tech/editor.html in Chrome. It's the same editor. If a link opened inside Instagram or WhatsApp, tap ⋮ and choose Open in Chrome first, because those built-in browsers can't run the editor well.Still stuck? Visit the Help Center, or write to team@novaclip.tech with your phone model and Chrome version.
Open the editor in Chrome and make a video in a few minutes. It is free, and your videos stay on your phone.