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Sync your cuts to the beat of the music

Audio · 4 min read · Updated 2026-11-08

Cuts that land on the beat make a montage feel professional. Beat sync listens to your music, finds the tempo and cuts your clips to it.

In this guide

  1. Add your pictures, clips and music
  2. Open Beat sync
  3. Find the beat
  4. Cut or mark

1Add your pictures, clips and music

Put the images or video clips you want to cut on the canvas, and add a music track in Audio.

2Open Beat sync

Open More tools in the left toolbar and choose Beat sync. Pick the music layer.

The More tools menu with Beat sync
The More tools menu with Beat sync

3Find the beat

Press Find the beat. The app shows the tempo in BPM and where the beats fall.

The Beat sync panel showing the detected tempo
The Beat sync panel showing the detected tempo

4Cut or mark

Press Cut pictures to the beat to cut your clips on the beats, or Add beat markers to place markers on the timeline and cut by hand. Clips snap to markers.

Tips

Frequently asked questions

Does it upload my music?

No. Beat detection runs on your device.

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