MC805215: Microsoft Clipchamp: The Brand kit feature is rolling out with extended elements to Microsoft subscriptions

Announcement IDMC805215Published Date06-25-2024
ServiceGeneralLast Updated09-25-2024
CategoryStay informedExpiration Date10-31-2024
Roadmap ID398992Action Required by Date
TagsAdmin impact, Feature update, User impact


Summary
                The Microsoft Clipchamp Brand kit feature is expanding for certain Microsoft subscriptions, with a rollout starting mid-July and completing by late August 2024. This update includes enhanced elements and storage options, and will be automatically available to users with specified licenses. No admin action is required prior to rollout.


More Information

In Microsoft Clipchamp, the Brand kit feature enables users to create and share brand asset collections including colors, fonts and logos to use when creating videos. With this rollout, users with these subscriptions will have Brand kit as a standard feature in Clipchamp:

  • Microsoft 365 E3 and E5
  • Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Business Standard
  • Microsoft 365 A3 and A5

This message applies to Clipchamp for Windows and for the web.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

You are receiving this message because users in your tenants have licenses which enable access to these capabilities. This update will not impact any other parts of your Microsoft 365 license or Microsoft 365 admin center.

Before this rollout: Users with the subscriptions in this message had no access to Brand kit in Clipchamp and manually managed brand assets when creating videos.

After this rollout, your users can expect these changes in Clipchamp:

  • Creation, sharing and manual usage of personal Brand kits is available via all work and education accounts.
  • Brand kit now supports elements beyond colors, fonts and logos including up to 300 each of: videos, music, sound effects, images, backgrounds, and stickers. All assets are stored on OneDrive or SharePoint.
  • Organization "official" Brand kits can be surfaced to all users opening Clipchamp across a tenant by placing the Brand kit in Organization Asset Library (OAL) anticipated to be finalized by end of October. 

What users will see

  • In Clipchamp, Brand kits can be created, used, or opened by anyone if the creator generates a link to share with them.
  • User-created Brand kits can be stored in OneDrive or SharePoint.
  • Up to 300 of these brand elements can be stored with the Brand kit: videos, sound effects, music, images, backgrounds, and stickers.

The default state of this feature is on and all users with the specified licenses can access it.

Clipchamp video editor with the Brand kit menu expanded to show example brand kits for Tailspin Toys and Microsoft. Select the Brand kit button from the left side of the screen:

Brand kit

What you need to do to prepare:

When this change takes effect, please make note of the new feature in Clipchamp for your administrative records and ensure that you update any relevant provisioning documentation, as needed.

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

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