Rockstar Editor

October 9, 2025
  • Julika Hother
  • Eda Tinmaz
  • Julien Cuisiat
  • Rufaro Mabuto

Rockstar Editor is a way to record and edit clips directly in GTA V. It's an officially integrated feature in the game itself. This tutorial explains how to use it and its basic functionalities.

  1. In-game, by pressing F1 (or A + ↓ / X + ↓), you launch the recording mode. From this moment on, everything that happens in the scene is recorded until the recording mode is interrupted. To finalize and save a clip, the player must remain still for a few moments.

The recording of the gameplay remains quite approximate (depending on the size of the clips): this means that some actions or animations may not be faithfully reproduced when playing the clip.

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  1. The Rockstar Editor is accessible from the game menus, all the way to the right.

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Project Creation

Once the Rockstar Editor is loaded, you will have access to several options:

  1. CREATE NEW PROJECT To start the editing table and modify the in-game capture in a new project
  2. LOAD PROJECT To load an existing project

The other features are used for viewing clips, finding resources on the Rockstar Games website, and for quitting.

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Editing Table

Inside the editing table, you will be able to:

  1. Add clip to add a clip to the editing table
  2. Add ambient Track / Add Radio Track to add sound or music
  3. Add text to add text to the screen

The other features are similar to any other software (export, save as, ...)

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Editing Your Clips

When you select edit, the gameplay editor opens, you see the game sequence in which you can modify the camera, sound, speed, add effects, change the focal length, prepare transitions, etc. Each tab opens a menu.

To have a very customizable camera, you need to set it to free camera. You can adjust various camera parameters for precision. From then on, you are no longer obliged to walk around the character.

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You have the possibility to add markers that allow you to create transitions in the clip.

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It is interesting to note that all command keys are always displayed at the bottom of the screen, regardless of the menu. Also, if the clip editor is very interesting, the editing table remains very limited.

Export

Once your sequence is satisfactory, you have the possibility to export a video file. Once exported, the video file is located at the following location: C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA V\videos

⚠️ Warning: if you launch the game in administrator mode, the active user will necessarily be the one with administrator rights under Windows.

It is important to note that this tool takes into account the external modifications made to the game. If you have created or imported mods, they will be visible in the Rockstar Editor.

Translated by AI from the French version.

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