SWITCH FROM CANVA
Canva to Calisto Clips
Start from Templates made for vertical video, caption from the transcript, cut to the beat and publish to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts from inside Clips.
Feature by feature
Calisto Clips beside Canva
- 12 In both
- 2 Only in Canva
| 14 features | Calisto Clips | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Templates | ||
| Reels Video TemplatesCalisto: Home has the Templates wall: Reel, Short or TikTok, Intro Title, End Card, Name and Role and Chapter Cards, and each card makes a Clip in that template.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand KitCalisto: the account's brand kit sets captions and titles in its fonts and colors in one tap, lists its fonts and colors first, and places its logo.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Captions | ||
| Captions With Style PacksCalisto: Captions are word-timed from the transcript and take a caption look, font, size, all caps, colors and position.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Caption TranslationCalisto: Translate Captions makes a caption track in any of 31 languages, at the same times and in the same look, to edit; each language is also its own subtitle file.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Music | ||
| Beat SyncCalisto: Find Beats marks the beats of a sound, Snap to Beats lines cuts up with them, and Cut to Beat cuts on every beat, every 2 beats or every bar in one undo step.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Assistance | ||
| Highlights From a Long VideoCalisto: Make Shorts proposes a long video's spoken moments and makes each one a vertical Clip with Auto-Reframe and Captions (with Video).Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Generated VoiceoverCalisto: Clips does not turn typed text into a spoken voiceover.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Export and Publish | ||
| Resize for Each PlatformCalisto: Clip Settings sets the size for each platform, and Auto-Reframe keeps the subject in the vertical frame.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Share to Social AccountsCalisto: Publish sends a video to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts from inside Clips over the account's own connected accounts.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Content PlannerCalisto: Schedule with Impreta puts the finished Clip in Impreta's composer, with its queue and calendar sending it when it is due (with Impreta).Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Recording | ||
| Record Camera and ScreenCalisto: Record captures the camera, the screen and the microphone straight into the Clip.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Effects | ||
| Video Background RemovalCalisto: Clips does not remove a video's background without a green screen.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Collaboration | ||
| CommentsCalisto: comments pinned to a moment, with replies, @mentions, assign and resolve, marked on the timeline, and a reviewer's notes from the review link at their moments.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Media | ||
| Stock Video LibraryCalisto: the Media Library has stock videos, music and sound effects to place, beside your own.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Canva
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Canva and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Canva can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Canva
Questions about switching
Do my Canva video designs come over?
No. Clips has no import of another editor's projects. Download your finished videos from Canva as MP4 and drop them on Home; each video dropped on Home becomes a Clip with it placed.
Is Clips only for video?
Yes. Clips is a vertical video editor. Full design work is done in Studio, and Text titles are designed in Clips itself.
Where do my finished videos go?
Exports land on your account's Depot storage, and Publish sends a video to TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts from inside Clips over your own connected accounts, or Schedule with Impreta puts it in Impreta's composer, whose queue and calendar send it when it is due (with Impreta).
Does my team see the same videos?
Yes. A Clip belongs to the business account, so anyone in it can open it, and Hubs share a group of Clips with their members (with Depot).
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
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