THE MERIDIAN MANUAL

Make your next edit with confidence.

Choose your platform, learn a task, or find the setting you need. Every guide identifies the interface it describes.

Getting started

Your first film on Mac Meet your workspace Projects and sequences Canvas and frame rate Keyboard shortcuts Meet your AI editing partner Save, undo, and recover a project Subscription access and restoring purchases Accessibility and comfortable editing Online help, Settings, and About

iPhone & iPad

Your first film on iPhone or iPad Find your way around iPhone and iPad Import and organize media on iOS Playback, marks, and exact source ranges on iOS Cut and trim a timeline on iOS Add titles and captions on iOS Balance sound on iPhone and iPad Adjust color, framing, and layers on iOS Export and share a movie on iOS iPhone and iPad keyboard commands Troubleshoot iPhone and iPad editing

Media & projects

Importing media Linked, copied, and collected media Organizing your library Proxies and optimized media Relinking missing originals Move a project between Mac, iPhone, and iPad

Editing

Source and sequence viewers Append, insert, and overwrite Precision trimming Selection and track targets Linked picture and sound Magnetic editing Speed and retiming Animate a clip with keyframes Named versions and comparison Frame picture and compose layers on Mac

Color

The color workflow Reading the video scopes LUTs and creative looks Source color interpretation

Audio

The audio mixer Clip gain and fades Buses and processing Loudness and true peak Music ducking

Titles & captions

Flat title presets Font, color, and layout Safe areas and framing guides Captions overview Generating speech captions Editing cues and word timing Subtitle import and export

Delivery

Export settings Export queue and recovery Vertical and alternate formats

Troubleshooting

Playback looks wrong or stutters Caption generation needs attention An export fails or looks different No sound or an unexpected mix