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Step-by-step guides to ViCut — from your first video to thumbnails and YouTube details.
Getting started
How ViCut worksThe four steps from an idea or a voiceover to a finished YouTube documentary, and what each step costs.What ViCut makes bestThe topics and languages ViCut is built for, and the kinds of videos it can’t make well yet — so you know before you spend credits.Make your first videoSign in, add your channel and get from an empty account to a downloaded MP4, step by step.Start from an ideaDescribe a documentary in a sentence or a detailed brief. ViCut researches the facts, writes the script with sources, voices it and builds the storyboard.Start from your own voiceoverUpload a narration you recorded. ViCut times every word, splits it into scenes and finds footage for each one.Length, voice, style and other settingsWhat each chip under the composer does, what is free, and how to save settings you use for every video.
Storyboard
While the storyboard is preparedThe five preparation stages, how long they take, what credits are spent, and what to do if preparation waits or stops.Check the storyboardHow the storyboard is laid out, how to play it, and how to find the scenes that need your attention before rendering.Replace a photo or clipPick one of the alternatives, search the footage libraries yourself or upload your own photo or video for any scene.Change how a scene looksSwitch a scene between a full-screen photo, a photo card, a big number or a story graphic, and merge or split scenes.Timeline: banners, voiceover and musicMove and add subscribe banners, find long pauses in the voiceover, and pick or change the background music.Replace or re-voice the narrationUpload a new recording of the same script, or voice the script again with another AI narrator. Scenes are re-timed and your frame picks are kept.
Render and publish
Render the videoWhat happens when you press Render, what it costs, how long it takes and what to do if it waits in a queue or stops.Download and publishThe finished video page — downloads, how long files are kept, re-rendering after changes, and the actions in the … menu.Thumbnails and YouTube detailsMake and pick a thumbnail, preview it in a YouTube feed, write the title, description with chapters and tags, and copy the footage credits.
Styles
Account and billing
Projects and channelsGroup videos into projects, add your YouTube channels and choose which one appears on the subscribe banner.Credits and plansHow credits work, what each part of a video costs, the plans, and changing or cancelling your plan.Account, sign-in and settingsSigning in with a magic link, changing your email, appearance, stored videos, sessions, data export and deleting your account.Common problemsWhat error messages mean and how to fix them — sign-in, uploads, credits, footage and rendering.
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