Add b-roll and overlays

B-roll is the cutaway footage that plays over your main audio. Eddie places it as overlays on the timeline, so the speaker's audio keeps running underneath.

Direct where b-roll goes

Point Eddie at moments by content:

• "Add b-roll wherever they mention the product."
• "Cut away to the workshop footage during the intro."
• "Cover the jump cut at 0:45 with b-roll."

Or point at the moment itself: on the timeline, hover a clip, hit ✨ and choose Cover with b-roll. Eddie shows you candidate shots for that exact line and you pick before anything lands. See Pick b-roll from the timeline.

Where b-roll comes from

There are three supplies, and Eddie reaches for them in this order:

1. Your own footage. Import the cutaway material into the same project (or add it later) and describe how to use it. If you want your b-roll library cut into specific moments first — "just the smooth aerials", "locked-off product shots only" — Eddie can generate b-roll subclips on demand from your guidance.
2. Stock footage. Free clips from Pexels, plus your own Shutterstock catalogue if you connect a key. See Find stock b-roll.
3. Generated clips. When neither has the shot, Eddie can render a short AI clip for the moment. It costs credits and the price is quoted first. See Generate AI b-roll.

Importing a project that's all b-roll, no interviews? You get an editable montage rough cut out of the box.

How Eddie places it

Eddie works like a careful editor and follows a consistent method:

• Match the footage to what's said. A literal match wins — cover "we shipped the new dashboard" with dashboard footage, not a generic office shot. General shots (signs, hallways, logos) are saved for openings and scene changes.
• Aim for real coverage. Eddie targets roughly 70% b-roll coverage on a typical talking-head cut — enough to keep it visual without burying the speaker.
• Build continuous scenes. Where you have a run of related shots, Eddie keeps them together as a continuous sequence rather than scattering single cutaways.
• Stay on the person when it matters. It holds on the speaker for their first appearance and their most emotional or important lines, and never stretches a clip past its usable length or reuses the same shot twice.

A good prompt to reach for:

"Add B-roll to my rough cut. Use footage that matches what the speakers are talking about, stay on the person for intros and the most emotional moments, and skip anything that doesn't really fit."

Afterwards Eddie tells you roughly how much of the video it covered and flags anything it wasn't sure fit.

Overlays on the timeline

B-roll, titles and captions live on overlay tracks above the base clips — you can see them in the timeline and player.

In export

Overlays travel to every NLE as clips on upper tracks, and bake into MP4 renders.

Next: Titles and graphics, Music and audio.