The present disclosure describes techniques of editing a video. The techniques described in the present disclosure comprise converting a to-be-edited video comprising a plurality of frames into an image sequence comprising a plurality of images, wherein a resolution of each image in the image sequence is lower than a resolution of a corresponding frame in the to-be-edited video; generating a script of editing the to-be-edited video based at least in part on selecting and editing at least some of the plurality of images in the image sequence; displaying a preview of editing effects based on the script; and sending the script to a server computing device in response to determining the preview satisfies requirements, wherein the to-be-edited video is processed by the server computing device based on the script of editing the to-be edited video.