Does Dragging a Krea Clip Edge Reveal or Generate Footage?

Check whether the requested ending already exists

First open the source clip and identify the useful ending. If a clean product hold was removed during editing, restoring that footage is different from asking a model to invent an additional movement. Write the intended end state before choosing an operation: recover a known frame range, prolong the same shot, or add a different planned scene.

The official Krea Agent guide distinguishes ordinary edge dragging from a modifier-key extension gesture. It also says the person operates the timeline while the agent generates clips. Do not assume that describing a desired sequence in chat has already arranged, trimmed and approved its final timeline.

Choose the operation according to the missing material

For existing trimmed material, assess an ordinary edge drag. For a new continuation, the September 18, 2026 tutorial uses Ctrl on Windows or Command on Mac while dragging the clip end, followed by Extend Video and confirmation with Add extension. Check the actual selected workflow and displayed action before submission.

If the next beat is a different camera setup or a new scene, a separate planned clip may be clearer than extending the current one. This is an editorial choice, not a claim that extension can reconstruct unseen product details. Preserve the original clip so a failed continuation does not become the only retained source.

The tutorial’s September rules require a source of at least two seconds and at least two seconds of room after the clip. Extension length is two to ten seconds; its listed models impose their own minimums: Seedance 2.5 four seconds, FLUX 3 Video five seconds, and Grok Video two seconds. These dated values are not permanent specifications for every current plan or model.

The same tutorial says an extension costs the compute credits of a video generation of that length. Record the actual model, chosen length, available trailing space and shown cost before deciding. The editor sends up to the source tail’s last fifteen seconds, at up to 1280×720, as continuation context; that does not supply authoritative unseen product detail.

Read the gesture, limits and export restrictions together in the September Krea Agent editing tutorial.

Retain Source Recovery and Generated Continuation Separately

Proposed comparison, not executed Krea editing or generation: if the desired hold already exists outside the timeline trim, identify the source interval to recover. If it truly does not exist, first check extension eligibility and cost, then review any new continuation and its join as newly generated material. A different planned scene may instead require a separate clip.

Record the actual original clip, recovered source interval or generated continuation, and final render as separate objects. Do not fill in a successful product-detail check before inspecting the resulting handle, label, motion and joins.

Verify the assembled file rather than the chat inventory

Review the selected timeline from opening to ending, including any clip audio, music and card duration that matter to the brief. Check for a repeated recovery interval, an unwanted gap or an extension that pushes the planned ending out of place. The tutorial documents rendering a single MP4 from the timeline; generation thumbnails alone do not establish that render’s contents.

Open the exported file and compare its actual sequence with the approved edit. Record the original clip, restored interval or generated continuation, and final render as separate objects. This workflow guidance is based on the documented September 2026 editor, not a software execution report or a promise that all Krea plans and models expose identical controls.

In the cited tutorial, Export renders one MP4 on Krea’s servers and saves it as <name>-export.mp4 in the session files; Download appears after completion. It explicitly says workspaces with zero data retention cannot export because rendering requires a server-side copy. Resolve that restriction within the actual authorized workflow; do not silently weaken a workspace’s retention policy to make export available.

Recovered source or generated extension record — actual observations

Save a copy of this record and enter actual inputs, actions and observations. Keep incomplete checks pending; do not prefill success.

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