The Video Editor is where you turn match footage into finished videos for your audience. Media teams, club content creators and league staff use it to polish highlights, build compilations and trim uploaded videos, then export and publish them without leaving LIGR Live. This page walks through the whole workflow in order, with a link to a short, focused article for each step.
Video Editor Full Walkthrough
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Before you start
Have something to edit. That could be a highlight or compilation in Multimedia > Highlights, or a video you've uploaded to Multimedia > Videos.
Highlights are created from your streams, so working with match highlights needs the Highlights & Clipping module, which in turn needs Streaming. If you only plan to edit uploaded videos, upload them to Multimedia first.
How the editor is laid out
Everything happens on one screen, so you can go from raw footage to a published video without switching pages.
Import Media sits on the left. This is where you bring in highlights, images, videos, transitions, graphics and audio.
The preview player sits in the centre and shows exactly what your finished video will look like.
The toolbar sits directly above the timeline and holds your editing tools.
The timeline runs along the bottom, with a separate labelled track for each type of media.
The Properties panel opens on the right when you select a clip, and the Settings panel on the right holds your export options.
The workflow, step by step
Work through these steps in order the first time. Once you're comfortable, you can jump straight to the step you need.
1. Open the Video Editor
There are two ways in. For a video, go to Multimedia > Videos, open the video, click the three dots menu in the top right corner and choose to open it in the video editor. For a highlight or compilation, go to Multimedia > Highlights, find it and click Edit Highlight. Either way, the editor opens with your content already on the timeline.
Read: Open the Video Editor
2. Import media
The Import Media panel is organised into six types: Highlights, Images, Videos, Transitions, Graphics (such as league tables, fixtures or match stats) and Audio. Select items from any tab and they collect in the Queue tab. Click Import once to bring everything onto the timeline together, with each type landing on its own labelled track.
3. Use the preview player
The preview player shows your edit as you build it. Use the play button or the timeline to move through the video and check your work. You can zoom in on the preview for a closer look, or click and drag the frame to reposition it.
4. Learn the timeline
Each imported item sits on its own track, labelled by type. Drag a clip left or right to move it in time, or up and down to move it to a different track. Use the zoom control to spread the timeline out when you need to line clips up precisely.
5. Use the toolbar
Select a clip to bring up the toolbar options for it. Copy duplicates a clip, Split cuts it in two at the playhead, Text and Shape add overlays, Crop crops the clip's frame and Delete removes it from the timeline.
6. Trim a clip
To shorten or lengthen a clip, select it on the timeline and drag either edge in or out. Trimming is how you tighten a highlight so it starts just before the action and finishes once the moment is over.
7. Set size, position and rotation
In the Properties panel, use Align, Size, Position and Rotation to place a clip within the frame. Keep the link icon next to Size turned on so height and width change together and the clip doesn't stretch out of shape.
8. Adjust clip audio
The Audio settings let you change a clip's Volume, or use Detach Audio to move and edit a clip's sound separately from its picture.
9. Use audio ducking
Ducking automatically lowers a clip's volume whenever audio on another track plays over it. It's handy when you want music or commentary to sit clearly above the crowd noise without adjusting volume by hand.
10. Set layer and colour
Under Layer, adjust Opacity to fade a clip or blend it with the clips underneath. Under Colour, adjust Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue to correct footage or give it a particular look.
11. Add clip animations
Add a fade, slide, zoom or pan to a clip. Animations play automatically when the clip starts or ends, so there's no manual keyframing needed.
12. Add transitions, check settings and export
Add transitions between clips, then work through the Settings panel tabs: Details (file name and preset, which sets aspect ratio and resolution), Video, Audio, Broadcast, Meta Data and Publish. Click Save Sequence to save your progress, then Export Video to render the finished file. Exporting runs in the background, so you can keep working elsewhere while it finishes.
Example: add an intro to a highlight
Say you want an intro before a goal highlight from Harbour City (HCF) v Ridgeview (RVR). Open the highlight with Edit Highlight, then use Import Media to bring in an intro video or transition. Drag it onto its own track and place it before the main clip. Trim it with the toolbar, add a fade in the Properties panel, then save and export. For an outro, place the extra clip after the main clip instead.
Tips and common mistakes
Save Sequence keeps your edit safe but doesn't create a video file. Only Export Video produces the finished file.
Your original highlight or video stays untouched. The export is created as a separate file.
Check the preset in the Details tab before exporting, as it decides the aspect ratio and resolution of the final video.
If a clip looks stretched, turn the link icon next to Size back on and resize again.
Zoom into the timeline before trimming or lining up audio. Small adjustments are much easier at a closer zoom.