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Edit video with hosted Creative

Trim, join, resize, caption, watermark, and replace audio without keeping your computer online.

18 minutes

Intermediate

Paid-plan teams

Remote execution

What You Will Finish With

A durable server-side editing job produces a new asset and preserves the original.

1
Upload the source
Add the original video to Media and wait for finalization.
2
Check entitlement and limits
Call creative_capabilities and confirm hosted readiness, remaining credits, concurrency, and file limits.
3
Choose one transformation
Start with trim, transcode, crop, subtitles, watermark, speed, audio replacement, or concat. Each job should have one inspectable purpose.
4
Submit and close the laptop
The creative worker executes the durable job. Track QUEUED, RUNNING, IMPORTING, and SUCCEEDED states.
5
Review the new asset
Compare the output with the original, then use it in a campaign or submit another transformation.

Where to go next

Ask my agent

Copy a ready prompt for this tutorial and paste it into any agent connected to Postward.

Preview the prompt

Follow the Postward tutorial "Edit video with hosted Creative".

Outcome: A durable server-side editing job produces a new asset and preserves the original.
Prerequisites to verify first: Hosted Creative entitlement; Writable storage; Uploaded source video.

Steps:
1. Upload the source: Add the original video to Media and wait for finalization.
2. Check entitlement and limits: Call creative_capabilities and confirm hosted readiness, remaining credits, concurrency, and file limits.
3. Choose one transformation: Start with trim, transcode, crop, subtitles, watermark, speed, audio replacement, or concat. Each job should have one inspectable purpose.
4. Submit and close the laptop: The creative worker executes the durable job. Track QUEUED, RUNNING, IMPORTING, and SUCCEEDED states.
5. Review the new asset: Compare the output with the original, then use it in a campaign or submit another transformation.

First inspect my environment and existing configuration, and verify each prerequisite before acting.
Follow the current Postward documentation rather than assuming tool names.
Do not replace unrelated configuration.
Verify the result and report exactly what changed.

Prerequisites

Hosted Creative entitlement
Writable storage
Uploaded source video

Works With

Hosted FFmpeg executor