Quick Start

Take a project from a blank screenplay to an exported timeline in one sitting. This walkthrough links out to the detailed guides for each step, so you can move quickly here and dive deeper wherever you need to.

Before you begin

You'll need an account and access to at least one organization. If you can sign in and see the home dashboard, you're ready.

What you'll do

Sign in, create a project, write and break down a screenplay, generate reference images for your assets, produce keyframes and videos for your shots, review and approve the work, then export the finished timeline to your editing application.

Step 1: Sign in and create a project

Sign in to Genvid. You'll land on the home dashboard.
Click Create Project and give your new project a name.
Open the project to enter its Project Hub — the home base for everything that follows.

Inside a project, you move between areas using the breadcrumb menu on the section name at the top of the page (Screenplay, Assets, Storyboard, Dialog, Videos, Timeline, and more). Returning to Project Hub gives you an at-a-glance view of the whole production.

Step 2: Write or import your screenplay

Your screenplay is the source of everything downstream. From the Screenplay section you can write in Fountain format or import an existing script.

See the Screenplay guide for writing, importing, and formatting your script.

Step 3: Connect your agent and describe your production

Genvid's storyboard is composed by your own AI agent, connected through Genvid's governed MCP boundary — every shot it lands carries a citation back to the exact screenplay passage it came from.

Connect Your Agent — install the Genvid skill pack and connect your agent once per account.
In your agent, describe how the scene breaks down: "break down this screenplay into shots" or "reshape scene 4 to open on a wide of the diner." The agent lands cited shots directly into your project.
Back in Genvid, open the Storyboard to review what the agent proposed — accept or reject changes scene-by-scene or shot-by-shot before they become part of your production.

Your extracted assets land in the Asset Manager.

Step 4: Generate reference images for your assets

Ask your agent to generate images for your cast, locations, and props — or open any asset in the Image Editor to generate or upload a reference image directly.

Step 5: Generate keyframes and videos for your shots

Each shot moves through two visual stages: a keyframe (the shot's starting image) and a video generated from it.

Compose or generate a keyframe for a shot in the Keyframe Editor.
Generate video from your keyframes in the Video Editor. Open the Videos section to reach the Video Manager, find your shot, and open its editor.

Every generation is budget-aware

Generations show a cost estimate before you run them and count against your project and per-shot budgets. See Budget Management to set and track spending.

Step 6: Review and approve

Track progress and sign off on work from Project Hub, where the header stat cards summarize your production:

Shots Approved — how many shots are finished versus in review or in progress
Pending Review — keyframes and videos waiting for a decision
New Generations — what's been produced since your last visit
Budget — spending against your project budget

Open the Shot List section to see every shot grouped by scene, each with its workflow status (Not Started, In Progress, Approved, and so on) and its media. Work items waiting on you also appear under Pending Review.

Approving locks a shot

When a shot is approved, its generation controls lock so finished work isn't changed by accident. Move the shot out of the approved state if you need to generate again.

Each shot the agent proposes carries a citation back to its source screenplay passage. A shot whose citation no longer resolves shows Certification blocked until it's fixed; a shot that has Diverged from script since an edit still lets you certify, with a Certify Anyway re-affirmation. Use the Copy frame citation button to reference a specific frame back to your agent when directing a revision — "like this shot, but tighter."

Step 7: Export your timeline

When your shots are approved, hand the cut off to your editing application.

Open the Timeline section.
Click Export Timeline.
Choose a format — FCPXML (Final Cut Pro), OTIO (Premiere Pro / DaVinci Resolve), or AAF (Avid Media Composer). The export bundle includes the timeline and all media files.
Click Export Timeline to download the bundle.

See Timeline Export for format details and import guidance.

Where to go next

Screenplay — write and break down your script
Assets — organize cast, locations, and props
Keyframe Editor and Video Editor — produce your shots
Video Generation — how video generation works across the platform
Budget Management — set and track spending