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Understanding Global Settings vs Moment Toggles in Minvo

Written by Bahaa Gamal
Updated over a week ago

ffers two ways to control how features are applied to your clips: Global Settings and Moment Toggles. While they may appear similar, they behave very differently. Understanding how each works will help you manage your editing workflow more efficiently.


βš™οΈ Global Settings

Global settings act as defaults for your workspace. These settings determine how new moments are generated the first time they are previewed.

How Global Settings Work

Action:
Enable or disable options in the Global Settings panel before previewing moments.

Why:
Global settings are applied only when a moment is created or previewed for the first time.

Once a moment has been generated, those settings are locked into that moment.


Important Things to Know

  • Changing a global setting later will NOT update existing moments.

  • Global settings only affect newly previewed moments going forward.

  • These settings apply to your entire workspace, not just a single video or project.

This makes global settings ideal for defining your default editing preferences.


🎬 Moment Toggles

Moment toggles control settings for a single moment only.

How Moment Toggles Work

Action:
Toggle features directly on an individual moment.

Why:
These controls apply only to the selected moment, allowing you to customize clips independently.

For example, you may want:

  • Emojis on one moment

  • No emojis on another

  • Different effects for different clips

Moment toggles allow that flexibility.

This stops them from getting applied automatically in the future to every new clip.

For the clips where it was already applied, the user has to go to the timeline editor to clear them using the eraser.


Important Things to Know

  • Moment toggles affect only the specific moment you are editing.

  • Some toggles are one-way actions.

  • If you want to reverse certain changes, you may need to open the Timeline Editor and adjust them manually.


πŸ” Quick Comparison

Feature

Global Settings

Moment Toggles

Scope

Entire workspace

One moment only

When applied

When moment is first previewed

Immediately when toggled

Affects existing moments

❌ No

βœ… Yes

Best for

Default preferences

Customizing individual clips


πŸ’‘ Best Practice

  1. Set your Global Settings first before previewing new moments.

  2. Use Moment Toggles to fine-tune individual clips afterward.

This workflow ensures consistent defaults while still giving you flexibility where needed.


πŸš€ Need Help?

If you're unsure why a setting isn't updating on an existing moment or need help editing toggles, contact Minvo Support and we'll be happy to assist.

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