Stitching a Video Chain into One File vs. Downloading Segments Separately

Two ways to finish a video chain

After you've extended a clip into a video chain, you have a choice: stitch AI video clips together into a single file, or keep and download each segment on its own. Both work, and the right one depends on what you plan to do next.

Option 1: Stitch the chain into one video

Stitching joins the completed segments in order into a single downloadable video. Use it when you want one finished clip to share, upload, or post.

How to stitch

1. Make sure every segment you want is Completed.
2. Open the chain in the Studio and choose the stitch option.
3. Wait for the stitch to finish. It runs in the background, like a generation.
4. Open the stitched video from your gallery and download it.

What you need for stitching to work

• At least two clips. A single clip has nothing to join.
• Every segment completed. If an earlier segment failed or no longer exists, the chain isn't ready to stitch.
• Within the length limit. Stitching has a maximum number of clips and a size limit per clip. See video chain length limits.
• One stitch at a time. Only one stitch can be running for your account at once. Start the next after the current one finishes.

Why settings must match

Stitching joins your clips as they are, which keeps quality intact and makes it quick. That only works cleanly when every segment shares the same resolution and aspect ratio, which is why those settings lock across a chain. The reasoning is covered in how continuation and frame-seeding works.

The stitched file is a new item

The stitched result is saved as its own video in your gallery. Your original segments stay as they were. If you later extend the chain and stitch again, you get another new file instead of an overwritten one.

Does stitching cost anything?

Stitching doesn't use your wallet. It combines clips you've already paid to generate, so there's no extra generation charge for it.

Option 2: Download segments separately

Every completed segment is its own video, so you can download them one by one. Choose this when you want to:

• Edit the clips yourself in a video editor.
• Reorder segments, trim them, or drop one that didn't work.
• Add music, titles or transitions between shots.
• Keep individual clips for reuse in other projects.

Which should you pick?

Related guides

• Writing prompts for video
• How to generate your first AI video clip

Try it yourself: build a short two-segment chain, then stitch it and compare the result with the separate clips.