Beat Detection and Syncing in Filmora

Filmora Try it →Watch full video →Matt Loui · Feb 2025

Demo summary

The demo shows how to use the 'Smart Edit Tool' to detect beats in a song on both desktop and mobile versions of Filmora to align clips to music.

Step-by-step

Insert a song onto the timeline
Right-click the song and select Smart Edit Tool
Click Beat Detection to automatically highlight song beats
Right-click the song again and navigate to Beat Options to adjust frequency
Select the desired beat interval, such as every one beat or every four beats
On mobile, select the song and tap Beats to generate markers
Click the check mark to apply the yellow beat dots to the mobile timeline

Options

Change beat identification from every four beats to every one beat
Use the desktop Smart Edit Tool or the mobile Beats menu

Tips

Use the 'every one beat' setting to add more markers for precise clip timing

Highlights

“what this does is make it extremely easy to time our Clips to the beat”

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