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# Reduce Your Scene Count

# ✂️ How do I have fewer scenes without losing my audio?

If Atlabs generates more scenes than you want, or you just want a tighter edit, there are three ways to bring the count down. Which one you use matters if you have a music track attached, since it affects whether that scene's slice of audio survives.


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### Option 1: Set your scene count before generating

* When you're on the input step of your workflow (uploading your script or audio), add timestamps in the to guide how the story breaks into scenes.
* This shapes how many scenes Atlabs creates from the start, so you're not cutting them down after the fact.

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#### Option 2: Merge a scene with its neighbor
Use this when you want fewer scenes **and** you have audio attached, merging preserves it.


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* Open the scene you want to combine, or use its scene menu.
* Choose to **merge with the scene before** or **scene after.**
* The two scenes become one. If both scenes had a portion of your audio track attached, the audio merges too, so nothing gets cut out.

#### Option 3: Delete a scene outright
Once the scenes are merged, you will find two shots in the same scene. Delete the unwanted shot; this only for a scene you don't want at all.

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* Open the scene's menu and select **Delete.**
* The scene is removed and the story renumbers around it.


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