Set Up Folders and Media

Before your first render, open Settings and choose where Cliporator should save output and find optional media assets.

Output Folder

The Output folder is where Cliporator saves finished projects. Each source file gets its own project folder inside that location.

For example:

Documents/Cliporator/output/my-podcast-episode/

Inside each project folder, Cliporator stores rendered videos, captions, transcripts, overlays, and project metadata.

Background Video Folder

Use the background video folder for short looping clips, abstract footage, b-roll, or branded motion backgrounds.

When rendering an Audio Source, choose Video in the Render page’s visual background setting to let Cliporator randomly pick from this folder.

Background Image Folder

Use the background image folder for still artwork, branded graphics, photos, title cards, or show art.

When rendering an Audio Source, choose Image in the Render page’s visual background setting to let Cliporator randomly pick from this folder.

Music Folder

Use the music folder for backing tracks you want mixed under audio-source clips.

On the Render page, choose Music in the background music setting. Cliporator will randomly pick tracks from this folder for the batch.

Video Source Note

When you choose Video Source, Cliporator uses the source video as the visual layer. Background video and background image choices are only used for Audio Source renders.

Refresh Counts

After adding files to your media folders, open Settings and click Refresh. Cliporator updates the counts shown in the Render page options.