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Video Chapter in Filmora on Windows

The Video Chapters feature in Filmora automatically creates a chapter-based progress bar that visually divides your video into meaningful sections based on timestamps and titles. Instead of manually designing segmented progress bars you can simply define your chapters and let Filmora generate the navigation bar for you.

Whether you're creating tutorials, online courses, product reviews, or corporate training videos, Video Chapters provide viewers with a clearer understanding of your video's structure.

Key Highlights of This Feature

  • Chapter Setup: You can add, remove, or reorder chapters as needed. You get the ability to add chapter text up to 50 characters with emojis. Filmora automatically validates each timestamp to ensure every chapter appears in chronological order.
  • Chapter Text Customization: Once your chapters are created, you can customize how every chapter title appears on the progress bar, including font family, font size, font color, bold/italic, alignment, uppercase/lowercase, letter spacing, outline, shadow, and opacity.
  • Progress Bar Customization: Personalize the chapter progress bar appearance (height, corner radius, border thickness, played/un-played colors, opacity, and shadow effects). The bar divides automatically based on timestamps.
  • Playhead Customization: Choose a built-in rectangular playhead or upload your own PNG/animated GIF to match branding or style.

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Steps to Use Video Chapter Feature in Filmora

As discussed, this feature allows users to add video chapters to their exported content automatically. Follow the steps mentioned below to learn how to use this feature:

Step 1. Create New Filmora Project

Start the process by creating a new Filmora project using the Create Project tab. Next, import the video to the tool’s interface for which you want to create chapters.

creating a new filmora project

Step 2. Click Export Select Video Chapter

Next, edit the video using the features offered by Filmora and click on the Export button located at the top right corner. In the Export window, turn the toggle on for Include Chapters on Export and click on Chapter Settings.

enabling include chapters on export

Step 3. Add Chapters

In the following interface, place the playhead where you want to add a chapter and click on Add Chapter. Name the chapter according to your preferences in the text field on the right. Add multiple chapters by changing the position of the playhead.

adding video chapters with timestamps

Step 4. Customize Fonts for Chapter

Access the Font section and customize the font for the chapter as per your choice. You can modify different attributes and can even add background to the text.

customize chapter text font and style

Step 5. Edit Progress Bar

Enable the Progress Bar section and customize the Background, Played Progress, and Divider according to your choice. Add Strokes and Fills to the progress bar and customize different attributes.

customize video chapter progress bar

Step 6. Modify the Playhead

Next, modify the playhead by enabling the Playhead section from the top. You can change position, color, opacity, and other elements of the playhead using the functions provided. Once all the settings are done, press the Apply button to apply the changes.

adjust play head settings

Step 7. Export the Video With Chapters

Once the video chapters are added, press the Export button in the export window to successfully save video with chapters to your device.

export the video with chapters

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