Projects & takes

Projects

Think of a project as one video you want to make. Within it, you iterate — every recording becomes a take, and the takes are that video's history of attempts and variations until one is right. A different video means a different project.

The project bar at the top of the studio shows the current project name and a File menu with the standard actions: New, Open, Save, Save As, Rename, and Delete. Each project also carries optional metadata — a campaign ID, who created it, and notes — editable any time via Project Info.

A dot next to the project name means there are unsaved changes. If you try to leave a project with unsaved work, the studio always asks first — you can't lose changes by accident.

Takes

A take is what each recording produces: a frozen snapshot of everything that was true at record time — the text, the voice, the performance, the camera, and any renders made from it. Takes never change after they're recorded.

Takes are browsed in the Takes Browser, with a project filter and thumbnails. A project always opens with its most recent take loaded.

To revisit an older take, select it and click Load — this restores its full state into the workspace (voice, performance, camera, everything) so you can adjust and record a new take from that starting point. The original stays untouched.

Takes can also be renamed or deleted from the browser. Renaming takes is a good habit — "wide-shot smile v2" is easier to find later than "take 7". Takes always belong to the project they were recorded in and can't be moved between projects; to branch a video off in a new direction, use Save As to start a new project from the current state.

Why takes are frozen

Because your earlier work stays exactly as it was. If a render from last week was the best version, it's still there, bit-for-bit unchanged — a reliable history rather than something that drifts as the project evolves.

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Takes Browser with project filter and take list (to be added).