The editor explained: timeline, transcript, player
The Eddie editor has three linked panels: the player shows the current cut, the transcript shows every word with timing, and the timeline shows clips, pauses and overlays — all staying in sync as you edit.
The editing view has three panels that stay in sync. Understanding them makes prompting far more precise.
The player
Plays your current edit exactly as it will export — cuts, captions, titles, color and overlays all baked in. The first frame shows as a thumbnail before you press play.
The transcript
Every word, with its timing. Because Eddie edits from the transcript, this is often the fastest way to see the edit: removed lines, kept lines, speaker changes and pauses are all visible here. A speaker-change marker appears wherever the person talking changes.
The timeline
The visual arrangement of the edit:
Clips — each cut, in order.
Pauses — silent gaps show as distinct teal "Pause" segments so you can see (and choose to keep or remove) dead air. See Pauses and gaps.
Overlays — b-roll, titles and captions sit above the base track.
Keeping them in sync
Scrub the timeline and the player and transcript follow. Point Eddie at a moment by describing it ("the pause after the second question") and it maps your words to the right place.
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