How to reorder clips

You can move any imported clip earlier or later relative to the others. This changes the raw sequence the edit plan draws from, which in turn shapes which clip's material tends to land in which beat — earlier clips more often get considered for the hook, later ones for build and payoff, though the plan still selects scenes on its own logic.

When to reorder before generating

If you know your strongest opening moment is buried in clip six of ten, move it earlier before generating a plan rather than hoping the automatic ordering suggestion catches it. The quality score can flag a strong clip, but you decide the sequence.

Steps

1. Review your imported clips in their current order.
2. Identify which clip has the strongest opening moment for your hook.
3. Move it to the front using the earlier/later controls.
4. Move weaker or purely supporting clips toward the middle.
5. Keep a clip with a natural closing feel toward the end for the payoff beat.
6. Generate an edit plan and preview it to confirm the sequence reads the way you intended.

Reordering after generating a plan

If a generated plan's pacing feels wrong, reordering the underlying clips and regenerating is often more effective than repeatedly generating new plans from the same order and hoping for a different result. The plan generation responds to the order you give it.

Mistakes to avoid

• Reordering repeatedly without ever previewing, so you can't tell if the change actually helped.
• Assuming the quality score ordering suggestion is the only valid order — it's a suggestion based on scoring, not a rule.
• Forgetting that reordering clips doesn't reorder scenes inside an already-generated plan; you need to regenerate after reordering.

When order isn't your real problem

If the pacing issue is actually about scene length or how quickly beats escalate rather than which clip comes first, that's a pacing question, not an ordering one — look at target length and how much footage you're feeding each beat instead.