Note
The tutorial steps in this article are for the Clipchamp video editor for personal accounts. The same principles apply to Clipchamp for work and school.
Clipchamp supports adding personal videos and stock videos to any project. This article shows you how to add personal video files. To learn how to add stock videos, see this associated article.
Available options depend on whether you:
- Have an editing project already open that you would like to add video files to, or
- Don't have a project open yet but would like to start one from a specific video file.
Adding a video file from your computer
Option 1. Drag and drop videos from your device to import
- Click on the My media on the toolbar.
- Drag and drop any video files from your device into the importing media panel. This works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Option 2. Use the import media options
- Click on the My media on the toolbar.
- Click on the import media button or click on the drop down arrow > browse files.
Adding media from integrated sources
In both Clipchamp for personal accounts and Clipchamp for work and school accounts, you can add media files from:
- Your computer
- OneDrive
Adding media from your phone
Clipchamp isn't supported on mobile devices. To use video, image, and audio files from your phone, open your Clipchamp project on a computer and import the files using one of the options below.
- Copy videos that are on the other device (such as your phone) to a cloud storage app such as OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox. Then, you can use the OneDrive integration in Clipchamp, or download the videos from your cloud storage to your computer and import them from there.
- Use a mobile device's built-in file transfer feature such as Airdrop on iOS and Quick Share on Android, which you can use to move files from your phone to a desktop computer.
Adding a video when you don't have a Clipchamp project open yet
The options available to you here depend on the version of Clipchamp you're using.
Clipchamp for personal accounts
In Clipchamp for personal accounts, right-click on a media file in Windows Explorer and choose edit with Clipchamp, or click on the create a video option on a media file in the Windows Photos app.
This will launch a new project with the media file getting loaded into the media library and onto the editing timeline.
Note that if you already have a Clipchamp project open when performing this operation on a video in Windows Explorer or Photos, you will get asked if you'd like to add the new file into the open project or create a new project instead.
Clipchamp for work and school accounts
In Clipchamp's work version, right-click on a media file in OneDrive or SharePoint on the web and select the open button > edit in Clipchamp. This will create a new editing project with the media file getting loaded into the media library and onto the editing timeline of the project.
Another possibility is to open a video file in Clipchamp Player and to select Open editor at the top. This will also create a new editing project with the media file getting loaded into the media library and onto the timeline of the project. You need to have the appropriate access rights for the video in Clipchamp Player to see the Open editor option there.
What to do if a video doesn't import?
If a video doesn't appear when you try to add it or it doesn't load properly:
- Make sure your file is one of the video formats we currently support.
- If your video is a supported file type, see: What to do if your assets aren't loading.