Microsoft's Clipchamp video editor is getting free AI features – and they're very useful

Those of you who like to refine the videos you shoot will soon be able to take advantage of two new AI-powered features in Microsoft’s Clipchamp video editor. 

In a blog post published on Thursday, the Microsoft Clipchamp team touted new noise suppression and image background removal tools as two helpful ways to improve your videos. Here’s how to implement them. 

Noise suppression

Any type of annoying background noise, from a soft hum to a loud sound, can ruin an otherwise great video. With Clipchamp’s new noise suppression feature, you can reduce those unwanted sounds without affecting any foreground audio, such as your own voice.

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To try this, open your video in the Clipchamp video editor timeline, click the Audio icon in the right panel, and select “Noise suppression”. Turning this option on uses AI to automatically remove background sounds, emphasizing the recording of any voices or music.

Image background removal

A busy or confusing background can also distract your audience from the main action in your video. The image background removal tool lets you wipe it away. 

For this one, right-click on any image in your video and select the “Remove background” option. After deleting the current background, you can create a new one by layering a different video or image behind the foreground.

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However, accessing these two new features is tricky for now. 

The good news is that the new tools are available to both free and paid users of Clipchamp, which comes with Windows 10 and 11 and is available at the Microsoft Store.

The not-so-good news is that in order to access the new AI features, you’ll need subscribe to Microsoft 365 and be a member of the Microsoft 365 Insiders club. 

How to join the club

Joining the Microsoft 365 Insiders club isn’t hard. Just open any application in the suite, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Select the File menu and click Account. From there, click the button for Microsoft 365 Insider, select the option to join Microsoft 365 Insider, and follow the steps to become a member. 

Since you’d be downloading an insider’s build of the suite, you may want to do this on a spare PC.

If you are a Microsoft 365 insider, you can leave feedback about the new AI features directly in Clipchamp. If you’re not or don’t use Microsoft 365, you’ll have to be patient. The new tools will likely land in Clipchamp for everyone before too long.