How to Add B-Roll Video in Canva for Beginners (2022)

[@kwin_victoria47]

I didn’t think that it was this easy. Thank you! 🎉

[@LittleStarClub-z8q]

Great simple video! Thanks for creating this easy-to-follow video.

[@benitobeya7586]

Thanks a lot Ben. Rich content. I've subscribed. Please don't stop.

[@rezaakhlaghi5816]

It was the best tutorial that I found after one week search! thanks a lot, sir.👍👍

[@anilia1030]

This is so much easier than some other videos I’ve seen.

[@TerryOnDemand]

OMG! You are the GOAT for this video! So simplistic and easy to understand! Thank you!

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@pattypatsspeakingjourney]

I looove this hack!! It's amazing!! Thank you Ben, you saved me a whole lot of time! Would've never thought of changing the transparency!

[@benmcmann9908]

Wow, thank you for the kind words! So glad it helped you.

[@doreenakello-dora]

Oh my God the most simple and well demonstrated. New Subscriber. Thank you so much Ben🥰

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you for your kind words. Glad it helped you.

[@jericabanks7936]

This was so helpful, thank you for sharing!

[@benmcmann9908]

Glad it was valuable!

[@jamilaabdulaziz3850]

Very helpful and easy to understand for the beginners.

[@benmcmann9908]

Thanks Jamila, glad it was helpful.

[@PlanningForProfit]

Thank you for making this easy to understand and short! So helpful

[@benmcmann9908]

I'm glad the video was helpful for you, and thanks for watching!

[@stefanoaiellocopy]

Thank you! I wasted a lot of time trying how to figured it out by myself :)

[@benmcmann9908]

Glad it helped!

[@thrivingjane]

really really useful - thanks so much - so clear and to the point - no waffle. Execllent 🙂

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@shreyankur]

Excellent

[@amberikemanmusic]

So helpful, thank you!!

[@podpaste]

Genius stuff! Canva is so easy for anyone to use. Really good stuff. Thanks.

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you for leaving a comment and I’m glad it helped. I agree, Canva makes it easy for people to create content!

[@temitopeadesanya6330]

Wow!!!!....Thanks for making so easy to understand. Now, it doesn't seem so daunting to use b roll.

[@maryucheononye7699]

Very helpful! Thanks

[@benmcmann9908]

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

[@mikedemko6110]

nice tutorial. thank you

[@benmcmann9908]

Thanks Mike, glad it was helpful.

[@cindyshumaker1]

Very helpful thank you!

[@AndrewNwobodo-lc7pb]

This is so helpful!

[@benmcmann9908]

Thanks for commenting!

[@maricelp116]

I tried to insert broll before using canva and find it annoying. Glad to see this video

[@pytalkbiz-smallbusinessmar7072]

WOW, Great Job of demonstrating how to do B-roll every easy to understand!!!! THANKS!!!

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@Marketingwords]

Thank you SO much! Brilliant 😃

[@benmcmann9908]

@@Marketingwords Glad it was helpful.

[@hopefulreality]

Thank you! I was losing it trying to figure this out 😅

[@benmcmann9908]

Glad it helped you!

[@ChrisRobinsonRFG]

Ben, this is a great demo but I'm having trouble because some of the prompts have changed or are different in the pro version. I figured out the detach from background prompt is under the Edit Video button now, so did that but I don't have the "set video as background" option when I right click on the b-roll. HELP!

[@latebloomerrunner]

Very helpful information! Simple and to the point!! Thanks :)

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you for taking the time to comment! I'm glad it helped.

[@stcharlesgreece625]

SUPER SUPER SUPER Helpful!!! Thank You!

[@benmcmann9908]

You're welcome, glad it helped you!

[@businessandtechnology_blog]

I wondered how to make the audio going and this is a neat trick. I'm yet to learn if Canva will be my way to go or not. I've not had much editing experience, but still some in old style tools. Canva seems to make the editing much faster, intuitive and accessible, though some easy things from other tools perspective seem impossible and require hacks like this.

[@TheWordwithWhit]

So helpful! Thank you😌

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@ReneeDiDoErrett]

Thanks so much! Very helpful.

[@benmcmann9908]

Thanks for leaving a comment and glad it helped!

[@katambamuhamad5918]

Interesting

[@Inside_China_Business]

I don't think this works anymore in the Pro version.

[@kelliecraft4174]

This looks super easy, but my video does not have breaks like the example you're showing (no "+" between "scenes"). It's one long video. How do I get the breaks to add the B-roll to my video?

[@benmcmann9908]

You play your video to the spot you want to add B-Roll, right-click on the video in the timeline and choose split video. Here's a video from another UA-cam channel that walks through that: ua-cam.com/video/AlrC-XaKwew/v-deo.html

[@anamjumlana9561]

Awesome

[@benmcmann9908]

Thank You!

[@petsweeklypodcast]

Thank you!!!!!!

[@jamilaabdulaziz3850]

Thanks!

[@jamilaabdulaziz3850]

I have a hard time understanding how to copy and bring the
B-Roll over the video. Please explain.

[@benmcmann9908]

If you are having trouble copying and pasting the video like I did in this video, you can simply drag your B-Roll video onto the canvas. Here's a video that walks you through that: ua-cam.com/video/AlrC-XaKwew/v-deo.html

[@marketingcampfiregirl]

So when I copy and past the b-roll video onto the a-roll, it just creates a duplicate of the b-roll to the right of the a-roll instead of overlaying it. Ideas?

[@benmcmann9908]

I would make sure you "detach video from background" for both videos (a-roll and b-roll) before copying/pasting your b-roll video into the new scene with your a-roll video. I've seen this be a little buggy if you keep the original a-roll video as the background video like in my video when you copy in your b-roll video to the scene.

[@marketingcampfiregirl]

@@benmcmann9908 Thanks but when I click on the a-roll or b-roll and the little dots to the right to give me options, there is no option to detach video from background.

[@androidphone6972]

Do I need pro canva for this edit?

[@benmcmann9908]

To make the edit, I do not believe you do.

[@sorarestrats1]

Why don't canva just add b roll lane. So dumb

[@foojkhan]

thanks bro for your help

[@benmcmann9908]

Glad it helped.

[@shashank_realtor]

very helpful. Thank you!