- Video Editor
  Edit video clips, combine tracks together, and add effects all in one place
- Subtitler
  Add captions and subtitles to videos in the browser
- Speaker Focus
  Auto-resize videos to focus on the speakers
- Audio Editor
  Record, edit, and clean audio for podcasts and videos
- Text to Speech
  Turn text into realistic voiceovers in just a few clicks
- Repurpose Studio
  Turn a video into social-ready clips
- Resize Video
  Change the size and dimensions of a video
- Trim with Transcript
  Edit videos by editing text
- Dubbing
  Translate dialogue into 30+ languages
- Transcribe Video
  Turn videos into text automatically
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- Kapwing AI
  Discover all of Kapwing's AI-powered tools
- Script Generator
  Turn ideas into scripts in a few clicks
- Translate Video
  Make content accessible with translated audio and subtitles
- B-Roll Generator
  Generate relevant, high-quality B-Roll automatically
- Clean Audio
  Enhance audio quality and remove background noise
- AI Video Editor
  Create videos with Kapwing's cutting-edge AI tools
- Clip Maker
  Generate short clips from one video
- Article to Video
  Turn any article into a video in a few clicks
- Video Generator
  Create a video about anything with AI
- Smart Cut
  Automatically remove silences from your video
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  Create and edit screen recordings, tutorials, and instructional videos
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  Bring learning to life with digital lessons and multimedia assignments
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  Create engaging content that's tailored for every social platform
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  Reach a wider audience by localizing videos, audio, and subtitles
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Add Freeze Frame to Video

Add a freeze frame to your video with a still image in one click

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Draw attention with freeze frame

Creating a dramatic effect can be overwhelming when there are many video editing techniques to use, but adding a classic freeze frame effect can do the trick. With a simple freeze frame, creators are able to pause on a specific scene in a video to emphasize the moment or provide more context to their audience, drawing viewers' attention in.

Even if you've never used this video editing technique before, Kapwing's editor allows you to add a freeze frame to video easily in just a few clicks.

Draw attention with freeze frame Screenshot

How to Freeze Frame Video Online

Upload your video
Upload a video directly from your computer to Kapwing, or paste a link to a video.
Add the freeze frame video effect
Move the playhead in the timeline to find the frame you want to hold still. Then, select the Freeze Frame button in the Timing tab to create a still image.
Export and share
Add other edits to your video, and hit Export when you're satisfied with your work. Download a file of your video or share it on social media directly from Kapwing!

Highlight a specific moment with a freeze frame

Let your audience fully process the scene and gain more context by adding a pause overlay in your video. With the power of today’s video editor, we can take a pause with a simple, but powerful, video effect: the freeze frame.

Countless TV shows and films have used freeze frames to highlight a significant moment in the plot. It’s even become a movie cliche and TikTok trend with the line from the song "Baba O'Riley" by The Who, “Yep, that’s me.” Some examples of TV shows and films that have used the classic freeze frame effect are Holes (2003), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Breakfast Club (1985), and many more. With a freeze frame shot, you’re allowing your viewers to take in that moment or filling them in with more context, usually with a voiceover narration.

By all means, freeze frames are a stylistic choice. But if you find yourself wanting to explore your own creativity and pause time by holding a still image in a video, you can do so and more with the freeze frame feature in Kapwing.

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Add Subtitles

Generate and customizable captions that automatically sync to your video. Use our AI-powered tool to create a transcript of your video, and then customize your auto-synced subtitles to make them perfect for your content creation needs. Resize, swap out fonts, or add in professional animations and transitions - all your edits will instantly be applied to the entire video.

Subtitle Video

Smart Cut

Smart Cut automates your video editing process by detecting and removing silences from your video in a matter of seconds. You'll be saving hours of editing time and completing your rough cut faster than ever for talking head videos, recorded presentations, tutorials, vlogs, and more. Editing has never been so seamless.

Remove Silences

Resizer

Repurpose videos faster and make them look more professional with our Resize Canvas feature! In just a few clicks, you can take a single video and adjust it to be the right size for every other platform, whether it's for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, or somewhere else.

Resize Video

Background Remover

With Kapwing's smart background removal tool, you can isolate people from the background of a video for free, without a green screen. All it takes is a few clicks. Upload your content, select the Remove Background tool, and use the preview to choose the threshold that best works for you.

Remove Background

Clean Audio

Enhance your project’s audio in seconds with Kapwing. In one click, Clean Audio automatically removes background noise, corrects loudness, and helps reduce popping sounds in your audio and videos. To use it, simply upload a video or audio file, then select Clean Audio on the right side.

Remove Audio Background

Collaborative editing

Work with your team directly in Kapwing. Create and edit content, then send it to share and collaborate with your teammates. Make team workspaces, comment in the editor, and work on videos together in real time or asynchronously.

Start Editing

Trimmer

Edit the length of your video clip by dragging the timeline handles or by using the Split tool. It’s never been easier to cut out silences, rearrange clips, or adjust the length of your audio to fit your video.

Trim Video

Waveforms

Kapwing's customizable waveforms let you bring your audio or podcast content to life. Our Waveform tool creates an automatically-generated, animated graph showing the frequency and amplitude of your audio over time. Choose between a classic waveform style and a stacked “bars” style to bring your own touch to your project.

Add a Waveform

Unlimited Overlays

Make your content pop with image overlays, emojis, progress bars, and audio waveforms. Then simply resize and position them to customize your project. With unlimited overlays, the possibilities are endless.

Add an Overlay

Stock Assets

Browse hundreds of royalty-free images, GIFs, videos, sound effects, and music clips directly in our editor. Curate assets that will bring your project to life, then edit them the way you want to all in one place.

Try Plugins

Templates

Get inspired by hundreds of trendy video templates made to unleash your creativity. Select the template that best suits your project, and then make it your own with custom videos, images, or text. Making professionally designed videos or memes has never been faster.

See All Templates

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a freeze frame?

A freeze frame is a video editing technique that holds a moment in a video still, creating a static image within the video. The freeze frame effect is used to draw the audience's attention into a specific moment to add context to a scene oftentimes with the help of a voiceover narration, for example in tutorials, vlogs, memes, and more.

How to freeze frame a video on iPhone or Android?

Most video editors on iPhone and Android have the freeze frame feature, such as Kapwing. Simply open Kapwing in your mobile browser to edit videos and add the freeze frame effect in addition to other video edits like overlays, animation, transitions, and so on. Kapwing is free to get started with and you don't have to sign in or install any software to your device.

How do I make a freeze frame video?

Make a freeze frame video by taking one frame in a video and freezing it. You can turn a frame into a still image by splitting that one frame then duplicating it. The online video editor, Kapwing, has a feature that automatically generates a freeze frame for you in a click of a button. After you’ve added a freeze frame to your video, adjust the duration of the still image to your liking.

What's different about Kapwing?

Easy

Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.

Free

Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.

Accessible

Automatically subtitle and translate videos with our AI-powered Subtitler tool. Caption your videos in seconds, so that no viewers get left behind.

Online

Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.

No spam or ads

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Powerful

Kapwing works hard to help make the content you want, when you want it. Get started on your project today.

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