User Guide
How to use ClipForge AI, one screen at a time. Start with your first clip, then read the page for whichever screen you are on. Where something is not built yet, the guide says so.
Your first clip
Stations
Station 01 / All plans
Home
Where the console opens: your video quota for the month, your recent projects and the way to start a new one.
Tasks / 4 tasks, 5 steps
- Start a project1 step
- Open a recent project3 steps
- Change what Home shows1 step
- Composite with nodesNot built yet
Station 02 / All plans
Projects
Every project on your account, newest first. Find one, open it, or delete it.
Tasks / 4 tasks, 6 steps
- Find a project2 steps
- Open a project2 steps
- Delete a project1 step
- Start a project1 step
Station 03 / All plans
New project
Start a project from one video file. ClipForge transcribes it and finds the clips.
Tasks / 4 tasks, 7 steps
- Upload a video3 steps
- Start from a video in Google Drive3 steps
- Cancel an upload1 step
- Use a video from a linkNot built yet
Station 04 / All plans
Project
One video and everything made from it: its transcript, its clips and their exports.
Tasks / 5 tasks, 8 steps
- Review the clips2 steps
- Export a clip3 steps
- Save a clip to Google Drive2 steps
- Edit on the timeline1 step
- Post to a social accountNot built yet
Station 05 / Pro plan
AI Studio
Estimates and rankings for clips you already have: a forecast per platform, and a ranked list to export from.
Tasks / 4 tasks, 7 steps
- Forecast a clip3 steps
- Rank clips and export the best3 steps
- Read the reports1 step
- Get ranked posting timesNot built yet
Station 06 / All plans
Pro Studio
A timeline editor for the open project: place footage, cut it, and render the result as an MP4.
Tasks / 7 tasks, 12 steps
- Put the video on the timeline2 steps
- Add a video from Google Drive2 steps
- Cut a clip4 steps
- Grade the picture and mix the sound2 steps
- Render the timeline and download it2 steps
- Cut a subject out with AI RotoscopingNot built yet
- Find scene changes automaticallyNot built yet
Station 07 / Creator plan
Media
Make an image or a short video from a written description on your own fal or Replicate key, and download it.
Tasks / 3 tasks, 5 steps
- Generate an image2 steps
- Generate a video2 steps
- Open something you made before1 step
Station 08 / Creator plan
Batch
Queue several videos at once from direct file links. Each becomes a project with its own clips.
Tasks / 3 tasks, 6 steps
- Create a batch3 steps
- Run a batch3 steps
- Import from a YouTube or Vimeo pageNot built yet
Station 09 / All plans
Templates
A template sets a clip's shape, captions, hook and cards in one choice. Browse the ones that ship, or build your own.
Tasks / 3 tasks, 6 steps
- Browse the templates3 steps
- Use a template on a project1 step
- Build your own2 steps
Station 10 / All plans
Brand kit
Your logo, colours, fonts and caption look, set once and used on every export that carries your brand.
Tasks / 6 tasks, 9 steps
- Add your logo1 step
- Set colours and fonts2 steps
- Set how captions look2 steps
- Add an intro and an outro card2 steps
- Keep a kit for each client1 step
- Dub a clip into other languages1 step
Station 11 / Pro plan
Calendar
Plan campaigns by date. It is a planning calendar: nothing is posted from it.
Tasks / 3 tasks, 5 steps
- Look at a month2 steps
- Create a campaign3 steps
- Schedule a post to a social accountNot built yet
Station 12 / Agency plan
Automations
Rules that act on a clip when it is found, and webhook endpoints that receive signed events when your work finishes.
Tasks / 5 tasks, 12 steps
- Turn a rule on or off2 steps
- Create a rule4 steps
- Add a webhook endpoint2 steps
- Receive an event when something happens4 steps
- Connect an app in one pressNot built yet
Station 13 / Pro plan
Analytics
Views, likes, comments and shares for clips ClipForge has posted. ClipForge does not post to social accounts yet, so there is nothing here to read.
Tasks / 3 tasks, 6 steps
- Choose a platform and a period2 steps
- Export the numbers1 step
- Read clips, tests and times3 steps
Station 14 / All plans
Settings and Billing
Your name, your emails, your AI keys, your plan and your account.
Tasks / 7 tasks, 12 steps
- Change your display name2 steps
- Choose the email you get1 step
- Use your own AI key1 step
- Connect Google Drive3 steps
- Change your plan2 steps
- Cancel or pause your subscription2 steps
- Delete your account1 step
Fig. 1 / Operating console
Follow along in the product
Inside ClipForge the same guide lights each step as your account completes it, and a Show me link points at the control a step names.