Telemetry Studio.
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Quick start

Make your first overlay video

Open your ride video, add your ride data, put your speed on it, and export it. About five minutes.

What you'll have at the end: your video with your ride data on top.

You need:

  • Telemetry Studio (download it here)
  • Your ride video
  • The FIT or GPX file of the same ride, from Garmin Connect, Wahoo, or whichever app you record with. FIT files carry the most: speed, location and elevation, plus heart rate, power and cadence if your sensors recorded them.

01Open your video

On the welcome screen, click Open Video 1 and choose your video. MP4, MOV and MKV files all work.

Telemetry Studio welcome screen with the Open Video button highlighted

02Add your ride file

In the Files tab, click Add Telemetry 1 and choose your FIT or GPX file, or drag the file onto the Telemetry row of the timeline 2.

The editor with a video open and no telemetry yet, with Add Telemetry and the empty Telemetry row highlighted

03Line it up with your video

Your ride file appears under Telemetry 1, but its start is pinned to the start of your video, so the numbers aren't right yet. Right-click your clip on the timeline and choose Auto Sync This Clip 2.

The ride file listed under Telemetry and the clip's right-click menu with Auto Sync This Clip highlighted

Telemetry Studio finds the moment you filmed using the time your camera recorded. A message confirms it 1, and your speed 2 and other data 3 now match the video.

The clip synced with the ride, with the confirmation message and the speed, cadence, power and heart rate overlays highlighted

04Add an overlay

A starter set of overlays is already on your video. To add another, click the Overlays icon 1 in the strip on the left, then Add Overlay 2. Find the overlay you want and click Add on its row. Here we're adding Avg Speed 3.

The Add Overlay list open next to the Overlays tab, with Avg Speed highlighted

05Check the new overlay

The new overlay is added to Active Overlays 1 and appears in the middle of the picture 2. The Inspector on the right 3 shows its settings: position, size, units and style.

Avg Speed added to the Active Overlays list and shown in the middle of the video, with its settings in the Inspector

06Move it into place

Click Edit layout at the top of the Overlays tab. While it reads Done editing 1, you can drag any overlay on the picture to move it, or drag its corners to resize it 2. Click Done editing when you're happy with the layout.

Edit layout turned on, with the Avg Speed overlay dragged to the top of the video

07Export your video

Choose File › Export Video… from the menu bar, or press ⌘ E on a Mac (Ctrl E on Windows). Pick a Format 1 and Quality 2, check the file name and folder, then click Export 3.

The Export Video window with Format, Quality and the Export button highlighted

MP4 (H.264) plays everywhere and is the right choice for Strava, Instagram and YouTube. Only your video is exported, not the parts of the ride before or after it. When the export finishes, the app shows you where the file is.