How to place a brand's ad on your clip

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When you have a ready clip and an approved brand ad, you can stitch them into one finished video right inside ClipAd. You choose where the ad goes; ClipAd renders the final file for you.

Before you start

You need a clip that is ready (see How to turn a video into clips) and an approved ad creative to place on it. Brands upload creatives and ClipAd reviews them, so only approved creatives are selectable. If you are running a campaign, the brand's creative is attached for you automatically.

Place the ad

  1. In Segments, open the menu on a ready clip and click ๏ผ‹ Place ad.
  2. Pick a slot โ€” Pre-roll (ad before your clip), Mid-roll (ad partway through), or Post-roll (ad after your clip).
  3. For mid-roll, set the second at which the ad should interrupt the clip.
  4. Choose the approved creative, then click Place & render.

What ClipAd renders

ClipAd normalizes your clip and the ad to one clean format (portrait 1080ร—1920 at 30fps), joins them at your chosen slot with a smooth fade at the seam, and checks the result plays correctly. The combined video is a real file you can download and post.

Where it ends up

The finished video appears on your Outputs page, where its status moves through stitching โ†’ rendering โ†’ rendered. From there you can preview, download, or share it โ€” see How to find and download your rendered clips. You approve every ad before it runs, so nothing is stitched without your say-so.

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